cellular division
One becomes two
Cellular division is the process by which a cell splits into two or more daughter cells.
The term covers both mitosis, where cells replicate to grow or repair tissue, and meiosis, which produces reproductive cells with half the genetic material.
Cancer results from uncontrolled cellular division.
Also called cell division.
- anaphaseChromatid separation stage
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- cytokinesisCytoplasmic division after mitosis
- centromeresChromosome constriction points
- nuclear envelopeBarrier enclosing chromosomes
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