Karyorrhexis

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Morphological characteristics of pyknosis and other forms of nuclear destruction

Apoptosis

Karyorrhexis is the destructive fragmentation of the nucleus of a dying cell^[1] whereby its chromatin is distributed irregularly throughout the cytoplasm. It is usually preceded by pyknosis and is followed by karyolysis and can occur either as a result of programmed cell death or necrosis.

[edit] See also

• Apoptosis
• Karyolysis

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