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Karyokinesis

Biology Jointed appendagesKaryoplasm

karyokinesis
[Gr. karyon - nucleus; Gr. kinesis - movement]. The division of a cell nucleus into two daughter nuclei each having an identical complement of chromosomes. Synonym: mitosis.

 


karyokinesis - the mitotic division of the nucleus.
kDa - see Dalton.
kinetochore - structure that attaches a eukaryotic chromosome to the spindle apparatus for separation during mitosis; adjacent to the centromere.

The most frequent process of nuclear division (karyokinesis) in cells that produces daughter cells that are genetically identical to each other and to the parent cell.

Division of the nucleus (karyokinesis) and the cytoplasm (cytokinesis) are two processes of mitosis
Division of cytoplasm after nucleus. Delayed if cells have more than one nucleus (muscle)
Active process that requires ATP ...

Word origin: from Greek mitos, warp thread + -OSIS.
Related forms: mitotic (adjective), mitotically (adverb).
Synonym: karyokinesis.
Compare: meiosis.
See also: cell, cell division.

The division of the cytoplasm of a cell into two daughter cells and it occurs during Telophase. See karyokinesis.

Indirect division or karyokinesis (karyomitosis) has been observed in all the tissues"generative cells, epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscular tissue, and nerve tissue.

See also: Division, Vision, Mitosis, Cells, Daughter Cell

Biology Jointed appendagesKaryoplasm

 
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