Spindles Graphic (IMAGE)

Simons Foundation

Spindles Graphic

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Treating the spindle as an active liquid crystal, in which large-scale structure can emerge from local interactions between microtubules, is sufficient to explain the spindles’ organization.

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Credit: Lucy Reading-Ikkanda/Simons Foundation

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