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amitosis

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amitosis: see mitosis interphase the chromosomes are dispersed in the nucleus and appear as a network of long, thin threads or filaments, called the chromatin. At some point before prophase begins, the chromosomes replicate themselves to form pairs of identical sister chromosomes, or chromatids; the
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amitosis [¦ā‚mī′tō·səs]
(cell and molecular biology)
Cell division by simple fission of the nucleus and cytoplasm without chromosome differentiation.


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