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Asters are microtubules(components of the cellular cytoskeleton) produced by centrioles. Their function is to hold the two centrioles in place at the two poles of the cell during cell division(mitosis). Spindle fibres produced by the centrioles are also microtubules which help in organising chromosomes at the equatorial plane of the cell during metaphase. Mitosis in which asters are formed is called astral mitosis.

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