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mitosis

[mahy-toh-sis] / maɪˈtoʊ sɪs /
NOUN
cell division
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"It's about creating the conditions for the system to run smoothly. CENP-E's key role is to stabilize the start, and once that happens, the rest of mitosis unfolds correctly."

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

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

Many of these loops allow genes to interact with distant regulatory regions -- sometimes millions of base pairs apart -- while others form during mitosis to pack chromosomes tightly.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

The discovery may also explain a long-observed burst in gene transcription that occurs near the end of mitosis.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

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