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mitosis
The usual process of somatic reproduction of cells consisting of a sequence of modifications of the nucleus (prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase & telophase) that result in the formation of 2 daughter cells with exactly the same chromosome & DNA content as that of the original cell.
Histology:
* image (myeloblast) [2]
Related
meiosis
Specific
anaphase
cytokinesis
interphase
karyokinesis
metaphase
prometaphase
prophase
telophase
General
cell division
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
- Markewitz RDH, Dargvainiene J
Images in Clinical Medicine
Mitotic and Apoptotic Figures on a Peripheral-Blood Smear.
N Engl J Med. 2021. May 15
PMID: 34014049
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm2033085
Component-of
cell cycle