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Flow, sense and divide

Nature Cell Biology volume 27, pages 176–177 (2025)Cite this article

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In each cell division during early embryogenesis, daughter cells acquire half the size of the mother cell. A study now reports that cytoplasmic flows sensing the cell boundaries allow daughter cells to adapt to their new size and reform their nuclear envelope in the right position.

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Fig. 1: Anaphase scales with cell size.

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