Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of binucleate
Briefly, a micronucleus/micronuclei (MN) is/are a small chromatin-containing structure(s) that is juxtaposed to the main nucleus or daughter binucleates following the completion of mitosis (Fig 1 ).
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