Strong, steady forces at work during cell division
Friday, October 21, 2016 - 09:32
in Biology & Nature
Biologists who study the mechanics of cell division have for years disagreed about how much force is at work when the cell's molecular engines are lining chromosomes up in the cell, preparing to winch copies to opposite poles across a bridge-like structure called the kinetochore to form two new cells. The question is fundamental to understanding how cells divide, says a cell biologist.