Meaning & use

mitosis

noun·Academic

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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