title: A perfect funeral with no corpse.
abstract: "Indeed, the role in mitosis of the chromosome arms, which carry most of the genetic material, may be compared with that of a corpse at a funeral: they provide the reason for the proceedings but do not take an active part in them." (Mazia, 1961)
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK. bill.earnshaw@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Earnshaw
authors.forename: Mar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carmena
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000502:physiology*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis / Q000502:physiology; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000502:physiology