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Model for Mitosis

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Chromosome motion during mitosis can be explained by combining the facts available about the equilibrium between the mitotic spindle and its subunits with the postulate that the recently described cross-bridges between spindle microtubules are capable of sliding adjacent tubules over one another.

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    J. R. MCINTOSH, P. K. HEPLER & D. G. VAN WIE

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