central spindle

noun

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.

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Meanings

nouncentral spindle (plural central spindles)

plural central spindles

  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.
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