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  • noun biology The stage between prophase and metaphase in mitosis

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  • It predicts that spindle microtubules in animal cells begin to oscillate at the beginning of prometaphase, and that those oscillations rapidly accelerate until metaphase,.

    Wells vs tiny flies - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • By metaphase the oscillations may be of such high frequency that they would be difficult to detect, but the lower frequency oscillations early in prometaphase should be detectable by immunofluorescence microscopy and high-speed camera technology.

    ID-friendly journal paper makes testable predictions Denyse O 2005

  • It should be possible to test this by observing chromosome behavior in the spindles of dividing animal cells while artificially raising the concentration of intracellular calcium during prometaphase or blocking its rise at the beginning of anaphase.

    ID-friendly journal paper makes testable predictions Denyse O 2005

  • A microtubule-dependent polar ejection force that pushes chromosomes away from spindle poles during prometaphase is observed in animal cells but not in the cells of higher plants.

    Revisiting Rivista - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • It the hypothesis predicts that spindle microtubules in animal cells begin to oscillate at the beginning of prometaphase, and that those oscillations rapidly accelerate until metaphase, at which point they decelerate or cease.

    ID-friendly journal paper makes testable predictions Denyse O 2005

  • Cells were synchronized in silico to the prophase to prometaphase transition.

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  • The cells were in silico synchronized to the prophase-prometaphase transition and sorted based on total prometaphase and metaphase duration.

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  • The cells were in silico synchronized to the prophase-prometaphase transition in the H2B-mCherry channel and sorted by total prometaphase and metaphase duration.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Michael Held 2010

  • Kreth G, Solovei I, Koehler D, Saracoglu K, et al. (2005) Three-dimensional maps of all chromosomes in human male fibroblast nuclei and prometaphase rosettes.

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  • The cells were in silico synchronized to the prophase-prometaphase transition in the H2B-mCherry channel and sorted by total prometaphase and metaphase duration.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Michael Held 2010

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