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Researchers shed light on shrinking of chromosomes

Now researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory for the first time tracked chromosome condensation in mammalian cells over the entire course of cell division. In this week's advanced online publication of Nature Cell Biology they report crucial new insights into timing, function and molecular basis of chromosome condensation.

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