Definition of cytokinesis in English:
cytokinesis
noun ˌsʌɪtə(ʊ)kʌɪˈniːsɪsˌsītōkəˈnēsis
mass nounBiology The cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis or meiosis, bringing about the separation into two daughter cells.
Example sentencesExamples
- In this type of endosperm, which is the most common in cereals, development starts with several rounds of divisions of the triploid nucleus without cytokinesis.
- The separation of the buds may reflect an additional bud neck defect or the completion of cytokinesis in these mutants.
- The phialides produce chains of uninucleate conidia after repeated mitotic division and cytokinesis.
- The ultimate conclusion of one cell cycle is cytokinesis resulting in two identical daughter cells.
- Analysis of the double-mutant phenotype indicated that at the nonpermissive temperature, cells failed to undergo cytokinesis efficiently.
- The key developmental processes of cytokinesis and cell expansion require vesicle trafficking to deposit new wall material and increase plasma membrane area.
- Micronuclei are observed in binucleated cells in which cytokinesis has been inhibited.
- Actin filaments and associated proteins are responsible for cellular movement, cytokinesis, and phagocytosis.
- In plants, actin filaments have been implicated in cytokinesis, cell expansion and development.
- Structural proteins are also used during mitosis and cytokinesis, the processes by which a cell reproduces itself.