biosights: June 5, 2017
Karg et al. reveal that, in Drosophila melanogaster
neuroblasts, acentric chromosomes segregate along interpolar microtubules at the
spindle periphery... href="http://jcb.rupress.org/biosights_jun_05_2017">(more)
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