interkinesis

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ -kinesis.

Noun

interkinesis (usually uncountable, plural interkineses)

  1. (biology) 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.
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