I am no scavenger of odds and ends, he went on, with infinite contempt in his lower lip, I am a theatrical reporter; and this evening I shall have to give a little account of the play at the Scala. The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context.
The cell division process that produces new cells for growth, repair, and the general replacement of older cells is called mitosis. In this process, a somatic cell divides into two complete new cells that are identical to the original one.
Among organisms which display an alternation of generations as part of their life cycle (such as plants and certain algae), the haploid organism that produces gametes. Each of its cells has only one, unpaired set of chromosomes, as opposed to the corresponding diploid form of the organism, called the sporophyte.