The large cell is a neuroblast, a neural stem cell that divides asymmetrically generating two daughter cells of different size. The small daughter enters a differentiation program. The large daughter is a self-renewed neuroblast that can undergo further cycles of self-renewing asymmetric mitosis
Video from the research group of
Dr. Cayetano Gonzalez. Cell Division Group. IRB-Barcelona. Spain
http://www.pcb.ub.es/divisioncelular/
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