Watching cell division unfold (IMAGE)

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Watching cell division unfold

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A dividing epithelial cell progresses through mitosis in a mouse intestinal organoid. The images show how the cell changes shape and position as it rounds up, divides, and produces two daughter cells within a tightly packed tissue.

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Stowers Institute for Medical Research

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