karyokinesis
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the series of active changes that take place in the nucleus of a living cell in the process of division.
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The first portion of the mitotic phase is called karyokinesis, or nuclear division.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Prokaryotic cells, on the other hand, do not undergo karyokinesis and therefore have no need for a mitotic spindle.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
For instance, in the diffusion preparation we notice at each extremity of the equator a V-shaped figure with its apex towards the centre, corresponding exactly to what in natural karyokinesis is called the equatorial crown.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
In 1904 I presented to the Grenoble Congress, and in 1906 to the Lyons Congress, a series of photographs and preparations of experimental karyokinesis.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
As a matter of fact, in many cases of tissue-formation karyokinesis has not hitherto been detected.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by Romanes, George John
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