Cell Division is Handicapped with a Single Centriole (VIDEO)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

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A cell with only one centriole has a hard time lining up its chromosomes in the middle and pulling them apart. It takes it five times as long as a healthy cell.

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<i>Journal of Cell Biology</i>

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