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noun
The final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the daughter chromosomes move towards opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
the final stage of mitosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: phase of cell division
noun
the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: phase of cell division
History
From Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “completion”) + New Latin phasis, from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “an appearance”), from φάω (pháō, “to shine”).
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