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I PREVIOUSLY suggested that the shape of the metaphase spindle cannot be maintained if there is tension in the component microtubules1. Spindle tension has been detected2,3 and could be due to some other component pulling the chromosomes over the rigid microtubular framework.
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GAWADI, N. Actin in the Mitotic Spindle. Nature 234, 410 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/234410a0
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