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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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MCINTOSH, J., HEPLER, P. & WIE, D. Model for Mitosis. Nature 224, 659–663 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224659a0
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