MCB 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Chromosome Segregation, G2 Phase, Dna Replication

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Subcellular changes of m phase: chromosome condensation. This is required for the organized segregation of chromosomes to daughter cells. Condensed chromosomal dna is organized into nucleosomes by histones and is further compacted by proteins known as condensins in m phase: mitotic spindle assembly. The mitotic spindle aligns the replicated chromosomes in a plane that bisects the cell. Each chromosome then separates into two daughter chromosomes which are moved by the spindle microtubules to opposite spindle poles: formation of the contractile ring. This structure consists of actin filaments and myosin ii assembled beneath the plasma membrane at the equator of the dividing cell. As cells exit mitosis, ring contraction pulls the membrane. In condensed chromosomes, sister chromatids are attached to each other at the centromere the specific region of the chromosome that can be recognized by a constriction of close chromatid attachment.

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