karyokinesis

American  

[kar-ee-oh-ki-nee-sis, -kahy-] / ˌkær i oʊ kɪˈni sɪs, -kaɪ- /

noun

Cell Biology.

1. mitosis.

2. the series of active changes that take place in the nucleus of a living cell in the process of division.

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karyokinesis British  

/ -kaɪ-, ˌkærɪəʊkɪˈniːsɪs, -kaɪ-, ˌkærɪəʊkɪˈnɛtɪk /

noun

1. the division of a cell nucleus in mitosis or meiosis

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Other Word Forms

• karyokinetic adjective

Etymology

Origin of karyokinesis

First recorded in 1880–85; karyo- + -kinesis

Example Sentences

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.

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The facts of karyokinesis are generally claimed by the school of Weismann as making exclusively in favour of continuity as absolute.

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The fertilised nucleus, thus consisting of chromosomes from male and female, then divides by a complicated process known as karyokinesis, in which each chromosome splits longitudinally, one half passing to each daughter-nucleus.

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Nuclear division is usually accompanied by all the essential features of karyokinesis.

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Since the discovery of Hermann Fol, a great number of explanations have been given, all of them theoretical, to account for the figures and phenomena of karyokinesis.

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