mitosis

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Introduction

The usual process of somatic reproduction of cells consisting of a sequence of modifications of the nucleus (prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase & telophase) that result in the formation of 2 daughter cells with exactly the same chromosome & DNA content as that of the original cell.

Histology

* image (myeloblast)[2]

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
  2. 2.0 2.1 Markewitz RDH, Dargvainiene J Images in Clinical Medicine Mitotic and Apoptotic Figures on a Peripheral-Blood Smear. N Engl J Med. 2021. May 15 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34014049 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm2033085