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Nature 382, 397-398 (1 August 1996) | doi:10.1038/382397a0

Look Ma, no chromosomes!

Jeremy Hyams

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The segregation of chromosomes at mitosis and meiosis during cell division depends on their interaction with a bipolar spindle. But, surprisingly, it turns out that the spindle can form and function even in the absence of chromosomes.