page_title: Spindle apparatus
hierarchical_section_title: Spindle apparatus
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of the mitotic spindle in a human cell showing microtubules in green, chromosomes (DNA) in blue, and kinetochores in red. Català: Imatge del fus mitòtic a una cèl·lula humana. Els microtúbuls es mostren en color verd, els cromosomes (ADN) en blau i els cinetocors en vermell. Deutsch: Mikroskopische Aufnahme während der Metaphase – die verschiedenen Mikrotubuli des Spindelapparates sind grün dargestellt, kondensierte Chromosomen blau, Kinetochoren rosa.
context_page_description: In cell biology, the spindle apparatus refers to the cytoskeletal structure of eukaryotic cells that forms during cell division to separate sister chromatids between daughter cells. It is referred to as the mitotic spindle during mitosis, a process that produces genetically identical daughter cells, or the meiotic spindle during meiosis, a process that produces gametes with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell.
  Besides chromosomes, the spindle apparatus is composed of hundreds of proteins. Microtubules comprise the most abundant components of the machinery.
context_section_description: In cell biology, the spindle apparatus (or mitotic spindle) refers to the cytoskeletal structure of eukaryotic cells that forms during cell division to separate sister chromatids between daughter cells. It is referred to as the mitotic spindle during mitosis, a process that produces genetically identical daughter cells, or the meiotic spindle during meiosis, a process that produces gametes with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell.
  Besides chromosomes, the spindle apparatus is composed of hundreds of proteins. Microtubules comprise the most abundant components of the machinery.
caption: Micrograph showing condensed chromosomes in blue, kinetochores in pink, and microtubules in green during metaphase of mitosis
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