How Chromosomes Segregate in Bacteria and Eukaryotes

Bacteria often begin partitioning origin regions while chromosome replication continues, whereas eukaryotic mitosis separates cohesive sister chromatids through centromeres, kinetochores, and a spindle. Both systems solve the same genome-partitioning problem.

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