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. 2010 Oct 12;8(10):e1000515. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000515

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Kira Heller.

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Though microtubule-based mitosis is a fundamental feature of cell division, new work in fission yeast provides evidence for a microtubule-independent nuclear division process in a eukaryotic cell, potentially uncovering an intermediate stage in the evolution of mitosis.