n.
The fusiform figure characteristic of a dividing cell, consisting of microtubules, some of which become attached to each chromosome at its centromere and provide the mechanism for chromosomal movement. Also called nuclear spindle.
mitotic spindle
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- nucleospindle (cell and molecular biology)
- aster
- microtubule (cell and molecular biology)
- centrosome cycle (cell and molecular biology)
- spindle
- Mitosis (cell biology)
- Cytoskeleton (cell biology)
- Centrosome (cell biology)
- Chlorophyceae (algae – rhodophycota, euglenophycota, chromophycota, chlorophycota)
- Chlorophyta (algea, division)
- Centromere
- What Is a Protostome? (zoology)
- Centriole (cell biology)
- Cell Cycle
