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Nature Cell Biology 4, 816–820 (1 October 2002) | doi:10.1038/ncb861

Astral microtubules monitor metaphase spindle alignment in fission yeast

Snezhana Oliferenko & Mohan K. Balasubramanian

Segregating genetic material along the longest axis of the cell ensures that there is a sufficient distance between daughter chromosomes at the point of cytokinesis. Monitoring the orientation of the mitotic spindle can be subjected to cell cycle controls.