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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the chromosomes of daughter cells are grouped in new nuclei.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cytology, the last stage in karyokinesis, or mitosis, just preceding the reconstitution of the nuclei in the daughter-cells that have resulted from the division of the mother-cell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology The final stage of
mitosis ormeiosis during which the daughterchromosomes move towardsopposite ends of the nuclear spindle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
- noun the final stage of mitosis
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Examples
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Starting with DNA surrounded by lipid vesicles and DNA binding proteins, a double membrane may spontaneously self-assemble around the DNA, a process which happens at every division in telophase.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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The process I am referring to is similar to the formation of nuclear pores after telophase.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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This, I thought could prevent the chromosome from being included in either telophase nucleus.
Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge 1983
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Mechanical rupture of this bridge as the spindle elongated would introduce a single broken end into the telophase nucleus, as illustrated in a to d, Fig. 1.
Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge 1983
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V. Proof that entrance of a newly ruptured end of a chromosome into a telophase nucleus can initiate activations of previously silent genomic elements
Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge 1983
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Thus, a newly ruptured end of the chromosome again entered each telophase nucleus.
Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge 1983
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The entrance into a telophase nucleus of a single broken end of a chromosome
Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge 1983
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There are clear distinctions in comportment of ends of chromosomes on entering telophase nuclei.
Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge 1983
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And this will occur regardless of the initial distance in a telophase nucleus that separated the ruptured ends.
Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge 1983
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