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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 focused on two major causes of whole genome duplication: cytokinesis failure and mitotic slippage.

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 researchers believe the crucial 30 minutes of mitotic time could be evolution's solution to quickly getting through a vital but potentially dangerous part of life when cells are vulnerable.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024

For a cell to move from interphase to the mitotic phase, many internal and external conditions must be met.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

The undivided, i.e. unripe, chromosomes are therefore incapable of utilizing the mitotic mechanism for such a transverse fission as Weismann originally postulated.

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

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