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Explain the role of Kinetochore fibers during the process of cell division in Eukaryotes

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The kinetochore assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis and meiosis. Its proteins also help to hold the sister chromatids together and play a role in chromosome editing.

The kinetochore also mediates chromosome segregation at cell division. It is the macromolecular machine that links chromosomes to spindle microtubules, and is made of more than 100 protein species in mammalian cells.

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