A Healthy Mitotic Spindle (IMAGE)

University of Oregon

A Healthy Mitotic Spindle

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A normally operating mitotic spindle in C-elegan with chromosomes in red amid pipe-like microtubules in green and densely packed microtubules in yellow. Centrioles, unseen, are inside the two yellow clusters at each spindle pole. Image obtained by University of Oregon researchers using microscopy techniques.

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Courtesy of Kenji Sugioka

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