Liver Cells (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Liver Cells

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Cells in a mouse liver (left) have defined shapes (pink outline) and are organized into an orderly tissue. Similar cells grown in a dish (right) have random shapes and aren't organized, which can lead to chromosome segregation defects.

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K. Knouse et al./<i>Cell</i> 2018

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