How Much Force Is at Work? (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

How Much Force Is at Work?

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The question of how much force is at work when a cell's molecular engines are organizing chromosomes (pictured here in blue) is fundamental to understanding how cells divide, says cell biologist Thomas Maresca at UMass Amherst. Now he and colleagues have an answer.

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Beata Edyta Mierzwa, beatascienceart.com

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