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Ploidy vs Mitosis - What's the difference?

ploidy | mitosis |

As nouns the difference between ploidy and mitosis

is that ploidy is (genetics) the number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell while mitosis is (cytology) the division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves it is normally followed by cell division.

ploidy

English

(wikipedia ploidy)

Noun

(ploidies)
  • (genetics) The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.

    • Anagrams

    *

    mitosis

    English

    (wikipedia mitosis)

    Noun

    (mitoses)
  • (cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.

    • Synonyms

    * karyokinesis

    Meronyms

    * prophase * metaphase * anaphase * telophase

    Derived terms

    * mitotic * mitotically

    See also

    * meiosis