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pole(genetic biology) |
- Grammar: noun
plural: poles - Definition:
~ either extremity of the main axis of a nucleus, cell, or organism
~ either end of the spindle formed in a cell during mitosis - Example:
1. Condensed chromosomes are pulled apart using a system of microtubules which drag the separated chromatids to opposite poles of the cell.
2. After chromatids have migrated to opposite poles of the parental cell, the cell divides along its "equator" yielding two new daughter cells. - Related Word: polarity (noun), polarise/polarize (verb), polar, polarising/polarizing (adjective)
