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Rarely, polyploid animals can reproduce asexually by haplodiploidy, in which an unfertilized egg divides mitotically to produce offspring.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Smooth muscle cells can undergo hyperplasia, mitotically dividing to produce new cells.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The hair root ends deep in the dermis at the hair bulb, and includes a layer of mitotically active basal cells called the hair matrix.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

This cell divides mitotically to produce a multicellular organism.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013