The mitotic spindle is the molecular machine that distributes the chromosomes to the two daughter cells. By developing techniques to look at the behaviour of individual microtubules within the spindle, new insights into the organization of this exquisite structure have been provided.
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Shaw, S., Walczak, C. Spindles: one speckle at a time. Nat Cell Biol 9, 1223–1224 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb1107-1223
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