miosis/mitosis Flashcards
1
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Mitosis
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a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth
2
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cytokinesis
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the cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis or meiosis, bringing about the separation into two daughter cells
3
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cell cycle
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the series of events that take place in a cell leading to duplication of its DNA and division of cytoplasm and organelles to produce two daughter cells
4
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prophase
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the first stage of cell division
