| Name | cleavage furrow |
| ID | GO_0032154 |
| collection_id | Cellular component |
| Description | The cleavage furrow is a plasma membrane invagination at the cell division site. The cleavage furrow begins as a shallow groove and eventually deepens to divide the cytoplasm. |
| Comment | While the term 'cleavage furrow' was initially associated with animal cells, such a structure occurs in many other types of cells, including unicellular protists. |
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