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| A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typically of ordinary tissue growth. |
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| the resting phase between the successive mitotic division of a cell, or between the first and second divisions of mitosis |
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| The first stage of cell division, before metaphase, during which the chromosomes become visible as paired chromatids and the nuclear envelope disappears. The first prophase of mitosis includes the reduction division. |
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| The second stage of cell division, during which the chromosomes become attached to the spinal fibers. |
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| The stage of meiotic or mitotic cell division in which the chromosomes move away from one another to opposite poles of the spindle. |
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| The final phase of cell division, between anaphase and interphase, in which the chromatids chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed. |
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