As cells enter mitosis, their microtubules disassemble and then reassemble forming the mitotic spindle with a focus at the ________, a special animal cell microtubule-organizing structure.

a) kinetochore
b) centromere
c) centrosome
d) kinetosome
e) chromosome


Ans: c) centrosome

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