Normal Cell Division (VIDEO)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

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A healthy cell quickly lines up its chromosomes in the middle and then pulls them apart into what will become two new cells after division is complete. The chromosomes open up and decondense after being segregated.

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<i>Journal of Cell Biology</i>

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