Biology GCSE
Nuclear division
What Nuclear division means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Mitosis is the stage where the nucleus divides and one copy of each chromosome moves to each end of the cell.
The division of the nucleus to form two nuclei, each with the same chromosome number as the parent cell.
Topics that use Nuclear division
- Mitosis and the cell cycle (AQA GCSE)
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