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mitosis

[mahy-toh-sis] / maɪˈtoʊ sɪs /
NOUN
cell division
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The discovery may also explain a long-observed burst in gene transcription that occurs near the end of mitosis.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

Using their technique, the researchers also confirmed that larger structures such as A/B compartments and TADs do disappear during mitosis, as had been seen before.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

To test this, they monitored cells throughout the entire division cycle to see how these loops behaved before and after mitosis.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

Upon closely probing the mechanisms of cell division in two species of Ichthyosporeans, the researchers found that one species, S. arctica, favours closed mitosis, similar to fungi.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

Working as lab partners, we had to separate the slides of onion root tip cells into the phases of mitosis they represented and label them accordingly.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer