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Cleavage furrow

A groove formed from the cell membrane in a dividing cell as the contractile ring tightens.


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help! my biology teacher is trying to kill me!

... four new cells (rather than two) are produced per mitotic division d) a cleavage furrow forms e) a cell plate forms 9.Two chromosomes in a nucleus that carry loci for the same ...

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by marnita
Sat May 31, 2008 10:44 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: help! my biology teacher is trying to kill me!
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plane of division

the position of metaphase DNA and mitotic spindle pose the cleavage furrow to the middle of the cells called midbody.

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by malignanttumor
Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:11 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: cytokinesis
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plant and animal mitosis

Plant mitosis involves cell plate formation but animal cell involves cleavage furrow formation.....there are many complicated differences like formation of phragmoplast in ...

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by rg
Mon May 22, 2006 5:38 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: plant and animal mitosis
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plant cell division

... cell wall, cytokinesis can not occur similar to animal cells, where a cleavage furrow appears. In animal cells, after the nucleus has divided, the gogi apparatus releases ...

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by MrMistery
Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:37 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: plant cell division
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help! biology terms needed!

... Unlike gap junctions, allows the transfer of large macromolecules. The cleavage furrow is an actin rich "purse string" that draws tight to separate daughter cells ...

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by Carolynparsons
Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:25 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: help! biology terms needed!
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