A perfect funeral with no corpse.

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A perfect funeral with no corpse.

The Journal of cell biology - 31 Mar 2003

Earnshaw William C, Carmena Mar

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"Indeed, the role in mitosis of the chromosome arms, which carry most of the genetic material, may be compared with that of a corpse at a funeral: they provide the reason for the proceedings but do not take an active part in them." (Mazia, 1961)

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PMID: 12668654
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200303005
PMCID: PMC2172778

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