Search

Search Tips

When you select a discipline, your search is limited to that particular termbank.

If a discipline is not selected, the whole TermFinder database is searched for your query.

Use wildcards in the search string:

•the asterisk (*) wildcard searches for a sequence of 0 or more characters in a string; Ex: am*ba finds ameba or amoeba

•the underscore (_) wildcard searches for exactly 1 character in a string; Ex: c_ll finds cell or call

•wildcards can be used for browsing; Ex: c* finds all the words starting with c

	©
Micrograph showing condensed chromosomes in blue and the mitotic spindle in green during prometaphase of mitosis.

(genetic biology)

Grammar: noun
plural: spindles
Definition: an elliptical body composed of microtubules, along which chromosomes are spread during cell division
Example:
1. Spindle fibres made from tubulin microtubules attach to the centromere of chromosomes during cell division.

2. The function of the spindle is to segregate chromosomes during cell division.

Search history: spindle <- Tunicate <- Cell adhesion <- Mesoderm <- microfilament <- oyster <- resistance <- chromatid <- Neurotransmitter <- antibody <- paramecium <- ectoderm <- microbe <- synapse <- germ layer <- fibronectin <- worm <- immune <- centromere