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The cell's air traffic control tower, directing chromosomes to opposite gates before they divide.
means A tiny organelle near the nucleus that organizes microtubules and steers chromosome separation during cell division.
from From Greek kentron (center) plus soma (body) — coined in the 1880s by biologist Theodor Boveri, who saw it sitting smugly in the cell's middle.
Twin towersContains two perpendicular barrels called centrioles.
Plant absencePlant cells divide perfectly without one.
Cancer linkFaulty centrosomes scramble chromosome counts in tumors.