mitotic

adjective

mi·tot·ic mī-ˈtä-tik

: of, relating to, involving, or occurring by cellular mitosis

mitotic cell division

mitotic recombination

Microtubules move material through the cell and, in particular, form an important component of the mitotic spindle, which is a structure that separates the duplicated sets of chromosomes in the course of cell division.—

Sebastian Doniach

mitotically

mī-ˈtä-ti-k(ə-)lē

adverb

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The two centrosomes form a mitotic spindle—a bundle of ropelike components that align the chromosomes and pull them apart during cell division. —

Trevor Grandpre, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024 The researchers confirmed that the mitotic stopwatch was frequently defective in tumor samples. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2024 For your body to reach its current size, there have been trillions of mitotic cell divisions. —

Matthew Cobb, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2015 Chromosomes, the bundles of DNA that star in the mitotic ballet of cell division, play a leading role in complex life. —

Quanta Magazine, 2 Feb. 2022 Skin cells, stomach cells, and all somatic cells are mitotic cells. —

David Warmflash, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2016