cell division

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cell division

biology

Also known as: cell reproduction

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Key People:: Hugo von Mohl; Edwin Grant Conklin

Related Topics:: meiosis; mitosis; chromatid; prophase; anaphase

cell division, the process by which cells reproduce. See meiosis; mitosis.