Meaning & use
mitosis
The process by which a cell divides its nucleus to produce two genetically identical daughter cells.
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Mitosis allows a single fertilized egg to develop into billions of cells with the same DNA.
Students used a microscope to observe the stages of mitosis in onion root cells.
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Mitosis produces identical cells for growth and repair, unlike meiosis, which produces genetically varied sex cells.
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