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Quantitative research shows key organelle of cell division to be more complex than previously thought The mitotic spindle, an apparatus that segregates chromosomes during cell division, may be more complex than the standard textbook picture suggests, according to researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). The researchers used a femtosecond laser to slice through the strands of the organelle and then performed a mathematical analysis to infer the...