mitosis

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They recognized that the distribution of chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis mirrored what was expected of Mendel’s hereditary ‘factors’, and showed that specific chromosomes were associated with sex.

From Nature

For the 475 seventh-graders in the boy’s class, that meant learning about cell mitosis, calculating linear equations and reading “The Giver.”

From Washington Post

Chromosomal instability is a hallmark of cancer that results from ongoing errors in chromosome segregation during mitosis.

From Nature

I do, however, have some thoughts on mitosis, like, what is mitosis?

From The Verge

In another, a flower girl splits in two, like a cell undergoing mitosis.

From Los Angeles Times