mitosis
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Perhaps that’s the next phase of Coachella’s mitosis: Weekend 1 determines how Coachella is seen, and Weekend 2 is where that attention is extended, maybe even reshaped.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
They also discovered that these loops appear to form as a result of the genome compaction that occurs during mitosis.
From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025
Interestingly, the researchers found that certain species of Ichthyosporea undergo closed mitosis while others undergo open mitosis.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2024
Most animal cells undergo 'open' mitosis, in which the nuclear envelope -- the two-layered membrane separating the nucleus from the rest of the cell -- breaks down when cell division begins.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2024
When the time for swarming comes, and the old queen prepares to leave with her part of the population, it is as though the hive were involved in mitosis.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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