Tag: anaphase
Irreducible Complexity Nested Within Irreducible Complexity: The Case of Chromosome Condensation
It is highly implausible that such a wonder of engineering arose by means of an unguided evolutionary process.
The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle: An Irreducibly Complex System
Any system that achieves a complex higher-level objective by means of various well-matched interacting components requires foresight to come about.
Engineered Elegance: Generating the Wait Anaphase Signal
Even a single unattached kinetochore is sufficient to trigger the wait anaphase signal, which inhibits activation of the APC/C that drives entry into anaphase.
The Elegant Spindle Assembly Checkpoint
Without this exquisitely engineered system, the cell risks distributing an uneven number of chromosomes to the daughter cells.
Herding Chromosomes in the Mitosis Corral
The molecules of life do much more than convey information. They combine and impose physical forces on each other in intricate, functional ways.