Pyknosis
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Pyknosis, or karyopyknosis, is the irreversible condensation of chromatin in the nucleus of a cell undergoing programmed cell death or apoptosis [1]. It is followed by karyorrhexis, or fragmentation of the nucleus.
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- ^ Zamzami N, Kroemer G. (1999). "Apoptosis: Condensed matter in cell death". Nature 401 (127).