Biology A-Level
Role of the spindle apparatus
What Role of the spindle apparatus means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Spindle fibres form in prophase, attach to centromeres in metaphase, shorten in anaphase to pull sister chromatids apart, and disassemble in telophase.
Topics that use Role of the spindle apparatus
- Cell division, cell diversity and cellular organisation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- anaphase
- Asexual reproduction and cloning
- Checkpoint control mechanisms
- Chromosome behaviour during division
- Consequences of loss of cell-cycle control
- Cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases
- differentiation
- DNA replication in S phase
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