The discovery that cell death in nematode worms induces fragmentation of mitochondria reveals a new parallel to the death process in mammals, and may shed light on why mitochondria divide in death.
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Hengartner, M. Divide and conquer. Nature 433, 692–693 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/433692a
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