Mitosis The term 'Mitosis' as it applies to the area of stem cell research can be defined as 'The type of cell division that allows a population of cells to increase its numbers or to maintain its numbers. The number of chromosomes remains the same in this type of cell division'.

The term 'Mitosis' as it applies to the area of basic science can be defined as 'cell division; cell division in multicellular organisms occurs by mitosis except for the special division called meiosis that generates the gametes'.

The term 'Mitosis' as it applies to the area of gnome research can be defined as 'The process of nuclear division in cells that produces daughter cells that are genetically identical to each other and to the parent cell'.

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Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English".