The football-shaped assembly of microtubules that is used to move chromosomes to opposite poles of a dividing cell is called the
A)centromere
B)chromosome
C)chromatin
D)basal body
E)mitotic spindle

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The mitotic spindle is an assembly of microtubules that moves chromosomes to opposite poles of a dividing cell during mitosis. The other options (centromere, chromosome, chromatin, basal body) are all components of the cell or chromosome, but they do not specifically refer to the microtubule assembly involved in chromosome separation.

The Football-Shaped Assembly of Microtubules That Is Used to Move