mitosis

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"It almost seems like this transcriptional spiking in mitosis is an undesirable accident that arises from generating a uniquely favorable environment for microcompartments to form during mitosis," Hansen says.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

In their new study, the MIT team found that during mitosis, microcompartments are more likely to be found near the genes that spike during cell division.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

The two differ, however, in how they carry out many physiological processes, including the most common type of cell division -- mitosis.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

Upon closely probing the mechanisms of cell division in two species of Ichthyosporeans, the researchers found that one species, S. arctica, favours closed mitosis, similar to fungi.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

This is accomplished by the process of mitosis, or nuclear division.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson