The microtubules that form the mitotic spindle extend out from the centrosome. Where would you expect to find the plus (fast assembling) end of a spindle microtubule?
a. at the centrosome
b. at the kinetochore
c. away from the centrosome, at the kinetochore
d. away from the centrosome
Ans: c. away from the centrosome, at the kinetochore
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