Saturday, January 5, 2008

Prophase and Centriole

Prophase: the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.

http://student.ccbcmd.edu/~gkaiser/biotutorials/dna/mitosis/images/early_late_prophase1_pc.jpg



Centriole: one of two cylindrical cellular structures that are composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis.









http://cellbio.utmb.edu/cellbio/centriole.jpg

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