Chapter 12: The Cytoskeleton

Video 12.3  Centrosomes


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Before an animal cell divides, it has two centrosomes. Each is the center of a large array of microtubules called an aster. During prophase of mitosis, the asters expand and extend into the nucleus to organize the chromosomes. (10.2 MB) [© Cytographics.]

 

 

 

 

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