cell division

noun

: the process by which cells multiply involving both nuclear and cytoplasmic division compare meiosis, mitosis

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The latter greatly increases cell division, causing growth of roots and tips and also positively impacting photosynthesis (which also obviously beneficially impacts growth). —

Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2023 Some of these 300+ reactions include crucial functions such as cell division, energy production, protein synthesis, and muscle contraction. —

Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022 Magnesium is an important mineral that is involved in over 300 biochemical reactions in the body and plays a role in many physiological processes, such as energy production, nucleic acid synthesis, protein synthesis, cell division, and muscular contraction. —

The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 June 2022 Another factor was cell division. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2020 Clearly the centrosome, which shuttles around chromosomes like a chaperone on a school field trip, is important to cell division. —

Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2012 The lab is also trying to figure out how to get eggs to enter a special form of cell division called meiosis that prepares them for being fertilized. —

Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023 Therapeutic Cloning Stem cells, which are unspecialized and can renew themselves through cell division, are derived from a cloned embryo. —

Molly Glick, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2021 Magnesium is necessary for many physiological processes, including energy production, nucleic acid, and protein synthesis, cell division, and muscle contraction. —

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