To segregate chromosomes, spindle microtubules must attach to chromosomes through kinetochores, in a process involving several types of microtubule behaviour. Tolic-Norrelykke and colleagues find that fission yeast microtubules rapidly rotate around the spindle poles, and mathematical modelling confirms that this random microtubule movement facilitates kinetochore capture.
- Iana Kalinina
- Amitabha Nandi
- Iva M. Tolić-Nørrelykke