mitosis

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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

"We went into this study thinking, well, the one thing we know for sure is that there's no regulatory structure in mitosis, and then we accidentally found structure in mitosis," Hansen says.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

Another species, C. perkinsii, turned out to be much more animal-like, relying on open mitosis.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

However, most fungi use a different form of cell division -- called 'closed' mitosis -- in which the nuclear envelope remains intact throughout the division process.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

Anything that disturbs mitosis is therefore a grave threat to the welfare of the organism affected and to its descendants.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson