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    Dividing cells showing chromosomes and cell skeleton
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    Dividing cells showing chromosomes and cell skeleton

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    This pig cell is in the process of dividing. The chromosomes (purple) have already replicated and the duplicates are being pulled apart by fibers of the cell skeleton known as microtubules (green). Studies of cell division yield knowledge that is critical to advancing understanding of many human diseases, including cancer and birth defects.

    This image was part of the Life: Magnified exhibit that ran from June 3, 2014, to January 21, 2015, at Dulles International Airport.
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    Internal NoteDulles 2014 exhibit
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    SourceNasser Rusan, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
    Date2014-06-05 00:00:00
    Credit LineNasser Rusan, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
    InvestigatorNasser Rusan, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    Record TypePhotograph
    Topic Area(s);#Cells;#Genes;#
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