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  • noun Plural form of endocycle.

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  • These results correspond with our conclusion that the timing of endoreduplication and hence the number of endocycles completed is the major determinant of cell size.

    PLoS Biology: New Articles Adrienne H. K. Roeder et al. 2010

  • The upper progeny of the generative layer enter the patterning divisions and terminate after undergoing three cell cycles whether mitotic or endocycles.

    PLoS Biology: New Articles Adrienne H. K. Roeder et al. 2010

  • [7] indicating that in both leaves and sepals, pavement cells can undergo as many as three endocycles.

    PLoS Biology: New Articles Adrienne H. K. Roeder et al. 2010

  • We hypothesize that after a mitotic division period each cell has three cell cycles, which can be either mitotic or endocycles (

    PLoS Biology: New Articles Adrienne H. K. Roeder et al. 2010

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