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What cellular component helps pull the chromosomes apart in mitosis and meiosis? The cellular component that helps pull apart the chromosome in mitosis and meiosis are the spindle fibers. These spindle fibers are made of micro-tubules.
Metaphase is when the chromosomes attach to the spindle fibers by their centromeres. This can be confused with the phases:prophase where the spindle fibers form a bridge between the ends of the cell, and anaphase where the spindle fibers draw the chromosomes to the opposite ends of the cell(the cell splits up) Report.