1. William M. Bement and Ann L. Miller are in the Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1117 West Johnson Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA. e-mail: wmbement@wisc.edu

Abstract

It has long been thought that gathering chromosomes during spindle assembly is exclusively the responsibility of microtubules. However, a recent study by Lénárt et al. shows that, in larger cells, a collapsing network of actin filaments ensnares and transports the chromosomes, bringing them in range for microtubule capture.

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