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Schematic comparison of spindle assembly in meiosis and mitosis in the early C. elegans embryo. Chromatin is shown in green. The nuclear envelope (orange dashes) persists in the early stages of mitotic spindle assembly, but disappears by anaphase. Microtubules initially invade the nuclear space through polar fenestrae
