karyokinesis
Americannoun
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the series of active changes that take place in the nucleus of a living cell in the process of division.
noun
Other Word Forms
- karyokinetic adjective
Etymology
Origin of karyokinesis
Example Sentences
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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
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
In the process of karyokinesis the two centrosomes, i.e. the two poles of the achromatin spindle, repel one another.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
Other phenomena of karyokinesis may also be closely imitated by diffusion.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
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