cellular division

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cellular division - the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells

amitosis - the direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes

segmentation, cleavage - (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum

meiosis, miosis, reduction division - (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)

mitosis - cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms

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He spent 25 years at Motorola working as a Project Manager in the cellular division before starting his own business.

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As a jumping-off point, though, these transformations allow for discussion around the intersection of cellular division, mutation and evolution.

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As with biological cellular division, cells continue to replicate and divide in a way that seems right, unaware the core "mission" driven by signals in some cases can be compromised, resulting in "cancerous" growths that are ultimately detrimental to the organism as a whole.

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Finally, on Christmas day in 1938, Meitner and Otto Frisch took a famous walk in the snow in Sweden and solved the mystery--the "strange results" were actually the smaller products of uranium splitting, a process that Frisch coined "fission" (borrowing the term from the process of cellular division in biology).

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Akihito's brother, Prince Hitachi, also went into science, studying the role of cellular division in cancer.