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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Cell Biol. 2013 Mar 20;23(7):319–327. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.02.003

Figure 3. Mechanisms regulating midbody inheritance.

Figure 3

During late telophase cells can form an abscission site either on one side (asymmetric inheritance) or both sides (shedding) of the midbody. In the case of a single abscission site, only one of the cells inherits the midbody. Midbody retention within this cell is then regulated by autohphagy. In contrast, if the cell forms two abscission sites, the midbody is discarded.