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(CC) Image: CZ:Ref:Brown 2007 Xenopus tropicalis egg extracts provide insight into scaling of the mitotic spindle
Mitotic spindles (bottom) are about 30% longer in Xenopus laevis (green) than in its smaller, faster-breeding relative, X. tropicalis (red).
Mitotic spindles (bottom) are about 30% longer in Xenopus laevis (green) than in its smaller, faster-breeding relative, X. tropicalis (red).