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Cell division   /sɛl dɪvˈɪʒən/   Listen
Cell division

noun
1.
The process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells.  Synonym: cellular division.



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... (fig. 49 f, g and 50 and 51). At one of the divisions the double chromosomes separate so that each resulting cell comes to contain some maternal and some paternal chromosomes, i.e. one or the other member of each pair. At the other division each chromosome simply splits as in ordinary cell division. ...
— A Critique of the Theory of Evolution • Thomas Hunt Morgan


Words linked to "Cell division" :   mitosis, biological process, segmentation, meiosis, organic process, miosis, amitosis, reduction division, cleavage


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