English Explanatory Dictionary

interkinesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The second stage of interphase, during which there is no DNA replication, but the spindles of the first meiotic division disassemble and the microtubules reassemble into two new spindles for the second meiotic division.

Word forms

interkinesis interkineses

Etymology

From inter- + -kinesis.

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