The Emergence Machine

Mitosis

process · Biology · Level 5 · E5

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

mitosis emerges from cell-division. It requires cell.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Mitosis” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “Mitosis”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
mitosis
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0MitosisCell DivisionCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesMitosisL5Cell DivisionL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cell Division L4 (builds on)
    Mitosis builds on the principles established by cell division.