CELL CYCLE AND CELL DIVISION
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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Mitotic
Poison: Colchicine, cyanides, Chalories and azides.
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Mitogenesis:
Process of inducing mitosis in a cell.
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Karyophase:
An intracellular parasite that feeds on the host cell’s nucleus.
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Antephase:
Stage
of the cell cycle in which the cell stores energy as ATP for use in cell
division. It is in fact G1 phase.
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Intranuclear
Spindle: In fungi and many algae, Amoeba etc, the nuclear envelope does not degenerate. However,
polar poles may appear. An internal spindle is formed which is called
intranuclear spindle. It helps in equitable distribution of chromosomes.
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Syndetic
Knot: In certain plants, all the leptotene chromosomes
come in contact at one point to diverse again. The point of contact is called
syndetic knot.
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