cell division
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And in areas where cherries are not yet ripe, high temperatures could cause the fruit to temporarily stop cell division, and that could prevent them from reaching full size.
From Seattle Times
Two of the genes were already known to play a role in cell division, but the involvement of the other five came as a surprise—and their roles in cleaving the microbes remain unknown.
From Science Magazine
We designed experiments to see whether BrdU was getting inside of neurons undergoing cell division.
From Washington Post
The two processes can be coupled through ‘asymmetric’ cell divisions.
From Nature
Instead, Aitken and colleagues’ findings indicate that recurrent mutations could result from lesion-bearing DNA strands being used as templates for DNA replication over multiple rounds of cell division.
From Nature
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