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- noun The destructive
fragmentation of thenucleus of a dyingcell whereby itschromatin is distributed irregularly throughout thecytoplasm
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Examples
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In the final stages of "cell dying", the nucleus becomes shrunken (pyknosis) or fragmented (karyorrhexis).
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This is confirmed by characteristic DNA fragmentation, nuclear shrinkage (pyknosis), and nuclear fragmentation (karyorrhexis), which is demonstrated by DA PI in apoptotic round cells.
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