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mitotic

  • a word derived from mitosis.
    mitosis
    noun
    the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.

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The team also found that when they experimentally improved chromosome separation in cells undergoing mitotic slippage, the cells became significantly more viable.

From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026

In mitotic slippage, the cell starts the division process but exits too early before its chromosomes are properly separated.

From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026

Institute in Zagreb, Croatia, provided expertise in comparative genomics and mitotic spindle geometry and biophysics, respectively.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

The female gametophyte is formed from mitotic divisions of the megaspore, forming an eight-nuclei ovule sac.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

It is indeed usually assumed that the mitotic mechanism is not merely for the distribution, but for the equal distribution, of the sister granules to the two daughter nuclei.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

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