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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.
The spindles go to opposite ends of the cell. The spindles will pull the chromosomes apart. Notice that the nucleus is no longer separate from the rest of the cell. The chromosomes are starting to line up in the middle between the ends of the spindles.