preblastoderm mitotic cell cycle
The first nine mitotic division cycles of the insect embryo, during which the dividing nuclei lie deep in the interior of the egg and divide nearly synchronously. This is the first phase of the syncytial period where nuclei divide in a common cytoplasm without cytokinesis.
GO:0033301
cell cycle comprising mitosis without cytokinesis
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GO:0045448
mitotic cell cycle, embryonic
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