Cell division, the basic means by which genetic information is passed from generation to generation, involves tightly coordinated movements of a cell's DNA. This page describes the major phases of ...
At the onset of mitosis, cells undergo massive cytoskeleton rearrangements that allow subsequent assembly of a bipolar mitotic spindle, accurate segregation of chromosomes and completion of ...
The chromosomes align along the metaphase plate. As in mitosis metaphase, (and unlike meiosis metaphase I), fibers from the centrioles begin to pull on each one of the chromosomes from both directions ...