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anaphase
 

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Noun anaphase has 1 sense
  1. anaphase - the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
    --1 is a kind of     phase of cell division
    --1 is a part of meiosis, miosis, reduction division

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Anaphase

Definition: Anaphase is the stage of cell division during which the duplicated chromosomes separate and move towards opposite poles of the cell.

Example sentences:

  1. In anaphase of mitosis, the sister chromatids are pulled apart by the spindle fibers.
  2. The cell undergoes anaphase when the microtubules shorten, causing the chromosomes to segregate.
  3. During anaphase, the nuclear envelope disintegrates and the chromosomes migrate to the opposite poles.

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