title: Asymmetric cell division: a new way to divide unequally.
abstract: It has long been known that cells can divide unequally by shifting the mitotic spindle to one side. Two recent reports identify an alternative way to generate daughter cells of different sizes.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000166:cytology; D002455:Cell Division; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D009218:Myosins