mitosis
If you’re in biology class studying the way cells divide, then you’re probably learning about mitosis.
Mitosis is a process of cell division in which the parent cell makes two new daughter cells, each with the same number of chromosomes as the parent. To do this, it goes through several different phases to divide and then rebuild the chromosomes. The word mitosis comes from the Greek word for "thread."
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cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomestype of:cell division, cellular divisionthe process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells
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