Relating to or characteristic of the diaster stage of cell division, when chromosomes are moving toward opposite poles.
From 'diaster' + the adjective suffix '-al,' creating a descriptive term for features or events occurring during the diaster phase of mitosis.
Diastral movements are driven by the spindle apparatus—a temporary structure made of protein filaments that cells completely disassemble after division, only to rebuild them during the next cell cycle!
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