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This image shows a cell in two stages of division: prometaphase (top) and metaphase (bottom). To form identical daughter cells, chromosome pairs (blue) separate via the attachment of microtubules made up of tubulin proteins (pink) to specialized structures on centromeres (green).
Lilian Kabeche, Dartmouth
Lilian Kabeche, Ph.D., Dartmouth
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