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mitotic apparatus

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mitotic apparatus [mī¦täd·ik ‚ap·ə′rad·əs]
(cell and molecular biology)
A transitory organelle-like formation that is seen during mitosis and meiosis and consists of the asters, the spindle, and the traction fibers.


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Is there any guiding intelligence at work in the origin of species displaying exquisite adaptations that range from lambda prophage repression and the Krebs cycle through the mitotic apparatus and the eye to the immune system, mimicry, and social organization?
Structural changes of the mitotic apparatus were studied using a detailed classification based on a differential staining of chromosomes and mitotic spindles.
 
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