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cell division
noun
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Electricity is used to stimulate cell division, and, when this embryo is still just a bundle of cells on the scale of micrometres, a second dog, also in estrus, is operated on to become a surrogate mother.
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Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Setting a timer In multicellular organisms, cell division is very carefully regulated.
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2024
So, the cell division process includes lots of checkpoints where the cell makes sure everything has worked properly.
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2024
McCoy and his colleagues used time-lapse video and a microscope to record the IVF embryos' first cell divisions.
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Gina Jiménez, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above
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“Cell division.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20division. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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