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mitotic spindle

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 288 words | Copyright

mitotic spindle The spindle-shaped system of microtubules that, during cell division, traverses the nuclear region of eukaryotic cells. The chromosomes become attached to it and it separates them into two sets, each of which can be enclosed in the envelope of a separate daughter nucleus.

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