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During mitosis, the chromosomes are pulled away by spindle fibers that come from each pair of centrioles at the opposite ends of the cell. The reason this happens is so that each new daughter cell gets the same chromosomes as the parent cell had.

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Spindle fibers are the ones that form and attach to centrosomes. They are also known as mitotic spindles and they are formed by centrioles.

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Centrioles along with some RNA molecules.

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Microtubules.

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Centrosomes.

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When during mitosis do chromosomes attach to spindle fibers?

During mitosis a double-stranded chromosome attaches to a spindle fiber centromere.


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