karyofission

English

Etymology

From karyo- +‎ fission.

Noun

karyofission (uncountable)

1. The fission of the nuclei of cells
   • 2015 October 16, “Asymmetrical Inheritance of Plasmids Depends on Dynamic Cellular Geometry and Volume Exclusion Effects”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Black lines indicate the proportion of the nuclear volume contained by the daughter and mother immediately preceding karyofission.