English Explanatory Dictionary

central spindle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A microtubule-based structure, which forms between segregating chromosomes during anaphase where the two sets of microtubules, emanating from opposite halves of the cell, overlap, and become arranged into antiparallel bundles.

Word forms

central spindle central spindles

Derived words

centralspindlin
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