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mitosis
mitosis The normal process of nuclear division by which two daughter nuclei are produced, each identical to the parent nucleus, resulting in two daughter cells with identical nuclear contents. Compare
meiosis.
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Cytological evidence for assortment mitosis leading to loss of heterozygosity in rice.(NOTE)
Magazine article from: Genome; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...normal and assortment mitoses were observed. During normal mitosis, chromosomes did...During assortment mitosis, varying numbers...AMR. Key words: mitosis, homologous chromosome...ses hybrides, des mitoses normales et <...
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Making mitosis visible.(Report)
Magazine article from: Science Scope; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...understanding of complex science topics such as mitosis. The Technology-Enhanced Learning in...activities. This paper reports on how the Mitosis and Cell Processes module worked in a...urban school. Teaching with TELS The Mitosis and Cell Processes module was designed...
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Movie mitosis: students make stop-animation films to illustrate the process of mitosis.
Magazine article from: The Science Teacher; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mitosis and meiosis are essential for the growth...complete a high school biology course, mitosis and meiosis have been presented to...biology courses in which they revisit mitosis and meiosis. With this relatively...
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Students as "Human Chromosomes" in Role-Playing Mitosis & Meiosis
Magazine article from: The American Biology Teacher; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Mitosis and meiosis are often challenging for many...whether or not these processes occur in mitosis, meiosis, or both (Smith, 1991...pencil strategies as learning aids for mitosis and meiosis (Mertens & Walker...
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High resolution analysis of mammalian nuclear structure throughout the cell cycle: implications for nuclear pore complex assembly during interphase and mitosis (1).
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Higher eukaryotes display an "open" mitosis in which the NPCs, nuclear envelope, and lamina disassemble. During mitosis several nucleoporins are redistributed...specific proteins in both interphase and mitosis. Key words: nuclear pore complexes...
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Using a case-study article to effectively introduce mitosis.(The Case Study)
Magazine article from: Journal of College Science Teaching; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...majors biology class are introduced to mitosis by reading a case-study article that allows...of the cell cycle prior to a lecture on mitosis. Students often have difficulty understanding mitosis, while their instructors can find it challenging...
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European researchers tackle mitosis.
Newspaper article from: Proteomics Weekly; 8/2/2004; 700+ words
; ...division regulated? Cell division (or mitosis) is one of the key processes of life. Mistakes during mitosis can cause infertility and mental retardation...contribute to cancer. For the most part, mitosis is still poorly understood. Scientists...
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Modeling mitosis & meiosis: A problem-solving activity
Magazine article from: The American Biology Teacher; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...effective ways of conveying the processes of mitosis and meiosis to students. The processes of mitosis and meiosis, while simple in nature, are...duplication and division of chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis. Although this exercise increases...
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The Evolution of Meiosis From Mitosis
Magazine article from: Genetics; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...meiosis almost certainly evolved from mitosis, it has not one but four novel steps...STEP IN THE EVOLUTION OF MEIOSIS FROM MITOSIS In the evolution of the eukaryotes, it...chromosomes, and that they propagated by mitosis. While many of the simplest contemporary...
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Transient inhibition of L929 cell mitosis and locomotion by argon ion laser irradiation
Magazine article from: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology; 2/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...irradiation. Key words: lasers; mitosis; cell motility. INTRODUCTION...to transient inhibition of mitosis that has specific characteristics...fraction of cells completing mitosis by acquiring video images at...points represent the ratio of mitoses observed in irradiated/control...
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Mitosis
Book article from: Biology
Mitosis Mitosis is the process of dividing chromosomes during cell division in eukaryotic cells . Mitosis is followed by cytokinesis, the splitting of the cytoplasm . In cell...
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mitosis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mitosis , process of nuclear division in a living...distributed to identical daughter nuclei. Mitosis is almost always accompanied by cell division...of the mitotic process. The pattern of mitosis is fundamentally the same in all cells...
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mitosis-promoting factor
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
mitosis-promoting factor ( maturation-promoting...protein complex responsible for triggering mitosis in somatic cells and for maturation of...that in turn bring about the events of mitosis, including condensation of chromosomes...
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Cell Cycle and Cell Division
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
...accordance with the cell type involved. Mitosis is a cellular division resulting in two...parental cell in new daughter cells. Mitosis is the process during which two complete...chromatin. Prior to the major events of mitosis, the DNA must replicate itself, so that...
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Cell Cycle
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...replication, and prepare for the next mitosis (chromosome separation) and cytokinesis...interphase for eight hours but are in mitosis for only thirty minutes. The Phases of...described as having four phases: M (mitosis), Gap 1 (postmitotic interphase...
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