Karyokinesis vs. Mitosis

Karyokinesisnoun

(biology) The process of change that takes place during the division of a cell nucleus at mitosis or meiosis.

Karyokinesisnoun

The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; - opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under Cell.

Karyokinesisnoun

The changes that occur in the nucleus of a cell, especially movements of the chromosomes, in the process of cell division.

Karyokinesisnoun

organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis

Karyokinesisnoun

division of a cell nucleus during mitosis.

Mitosisnoun

(cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.

Mitosisnoun

See Karyokinesis.

Mitosisnoun

cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

Mitosisnoun

a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth

Mitosis

In cell biology, mitosis () is a part of the cell cycle in which replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei. Cell division gives rise to genetically identical cells in which the total number of chromosomes is maintained.