The Golgi Apparatus during cell division: new 3-D images

Researchers for the National Institute of Health recently produced 3-D images of the Golgi Apparatus during cell division, according to Photonics.

Cell division is the process by which cells reproduce and make two daughter cells that are identical to themselves. The elementary study of cell division includes a detailed explanation of the chromosomes' behavior, but the rest of the cells content must be copied and transferred to the daughter cells as well. 

This image found on Scitable by Nature shows just a few of the organelles that have to be duplicated in cell division. Additionally, the interactions between the Golgi and the ER help uphold their finding.

The researchers found, according to the photonics article, that the Golgi breaks up during during cell division, gets absorbed by the endoplasmic reticulum, and the Golgi reconstitutes in the daughter cells. 

The mechanism for reconstitution would be helpful in understanding the endomembrane system and how it functions, interacts, and forms, as well as in understanding evolutionary implications.