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cell division

Process resulting in division and partitioning of components of a cell to form more cells

Entitybiological process mode of biological reproductionQ188909

Also known as GO:0051301

Instance of: biological process
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1.Stated in Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07Retrieved 2019-10-12
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, mode of biological reproduction
Subclass of: cellular process or phenomenon
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1.Stated in Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07Retrieved 2019-10-12
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Cell division is the process by which a parent cell divides into two daughter cells. Cell division usually occurs as part of a larger cell cycle in which the cell grows and replicates its chromosome(s) before dividing. In eukaryotes, there are two distinct types of cell division: a vegetative division (mitosis), producing daughter cells genetically identical to the parent cell, and a cell division that produces haploid gametes for sexual reproduction (meiosis), reducing the number of chromosomes from two of each type in the diploid parent cell to one of each type in the daughter cells. Mitosis is a part of the cell cycle, in which, replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei. Cell division gives rise to genetically identical cells in which the total number of chromosomes is maintained. In general, mitosis is preceded by the S stage of interphase and is followed by telophase and cytokinesis; which divides the cytoplasm, organelles, and cell membrane of one cell into two new cells containing roughly equal shares of these cellular components. The different stages of mitosis all together define the M phase of an animal cell cycle—the division of the mother cell into two genetically identical daughter cells.

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Biological phase: M phase
Different from: cell differentiation
Product or material produced: daughter cell
Said to be the same as: fission

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