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mitosis

[mahy-toh-sis] / maɪˈtoʊ sɪs /
NOUN
cell division
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"It's about creating the conditions for the system to run smoothly. CENP-E's key role is to stabilize the start, and once that happens, the rest of mitosis unfolds correctly."

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 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

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

Most animal cells undergo 'open' mitosis, in which the nuclear envelope -- the two-layered membrane separating the nucleus from the rest of the cell -- breaks down when cell division begins.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

When the time for swarming comes, and the old queen prepares to leave with her part of the population, it is as though the hive were involved in mitosis.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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