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The checkpoint brake relieved

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When a cell divides, each daughter cell inherits a complete set of chromosomes. A sophisticated inhibitory mechanism delays chromosome segregation and cell division until everything is in its place.

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Figure 1: Regulation of cell division by the spindle-assembly checkpoint.

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