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  • The daughter chromosomes now arrange themselves into a skein or spirem, and eventually form the network of chromatin which is characteristic of the resting nucleus.

    I. Embryology. 1. The Animal Cell 1918

  • —The nuclear network of chromatin filaments assumes the form of a twisted skein or spirem, while the nuclear membrane and nucleolus disappear.

    I. Embryology. 1. The Animal Cell 1918

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