Acentric Chromosome (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Acentric Chromosome

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In this dividing cell, chromosome fragments (red) remain in the middle of the green spindle structure, while the rest of the chromosomes have segregated to the two poles. Fragments that fail to segregate to daughter nuclei form micronuclei, resulting in an unstable genome and cancer.

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Travis Karg

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