Term: endomitosis
Literally meaning: “internal mitosis”
Origin: Anc Greek
ενδο-/endo-(compining form that denotes: inside, internal, within)
μίτος/μίτος(=warp thread)
+ (-οσις/osis)(=process) because chromatin of the cell nucleus appears as long threads in the first stages.
Coined.History
Definition
Endomitosis is the division of chromosome replication without cytokinesis.
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