What is the difference between aster and spindle fibres?

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Spindle Fiber
Aster
It remains attached to the chromosome.
It is not attached to chromosome.
It comes from pole into the center.
It projects out from the centriole.
The fibers run in between two daughter centrioles forming a shape of a spindle.
The fibers radiating from the centriole form a star shaped structure.

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Spindle Fiber	Aster
It remains attached to the chromosome.	It is not attached to chromosome.
It comes from pole into the center.	It projects out from the centriole.
The fibers run in between two daughter centrioles forming a shape of a spindle.	The fibers radiating from the centriole form a star shaped structure.