cell division
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Perhaps another Asgard with similar tubulin genes but a quicker life cycle will turn up, said Tom Pollard, a professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale University who studies cell division.
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Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Those include studying plant cell division and microgravity's effects on bacterial-killing viruses.
—Brendan Byrne, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
What Folate Does Folate is essential for DNA and RNA production and cell division.
—Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 31 July 2025
Cancer cells divide uncontrollably, and these compounds appear to block the formation of microtubules, the scaffolding inside cells that are essential for cell division.
—Justin Stebbing, JSTOR Daily, 24 July 2025
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Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Those include studying plant cell division and microgravity's effects on bacterial-killing viruses.
—Brendan Byrne, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
What Folate Does Folate is essential for DNA and RNA production and cell division.
—Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 31 July 2025
Cancer cells divide uncontrollably, and these compounds appear to block the formation of microtubules, the scaffolding inside cells that are essential for cell division.
—Justin Stebbing, JSTOR Daily, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for cell division
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“Cell division.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20division. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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