karyokinesis
Americannoun
-
the series of active changes that take place in the nucleus of a living cell in the process of division.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of karyokinesis
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Prokaryotic cells, on the other hand, do not undergo karyokinesis and therefore have no need for a mitotic spindle.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The first portion of the mitotic phase is called karyokinesis, or nuclear division.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Guided by this theory of a diffusion field of force, I have been able to reproduce experimentally the figures of karyokinesis by simple diffusion.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
The facts of karyokinesis are generally claimed by the school of Weismann as making exclusively in favour of continuity as absolute.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John
In the course of division two bodies appear in the cytoplasm, and behave as centrosomes during the karyokinesis; they gradually become threadlike and coil round each daughter nucleus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
