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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Biol. 2008 Mar 21;319(1):1–9. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.03.018

Table 2.

Spindle orientation relative to cell polarity axis in larval neuroblasts

wild type a cnnhk21 Lis1 Lis1 rod rod Gl1–3 Gl1–3/Df
Metaphase b n=103 n=53 n=120 n=81 n=94 n=101 n=102
 0°–15° 95.1% 50.9% 66.7% 54.3% 93.6% 62.4% 55.9%
 16°–30° 4.9% 20.8% 15.8% 19.8% 6.4% 26.7% 23.5%
 31°–45° 0.0% 11.3% 3.3% 7.4% 0.0% 6.9% 7.8%
 46°–60° 0.0% 7.6% 3.3% 6.2% 0.0% 2.0% 3.9%
 61°–75° 0.0% 9.4% 6.7% 8.6% 0.0% 1.0% 4.9%
 76°–90° 0.0% 0.0% 4.2% 3.7% 0.0% 1.0% 3.9%
Telophase n=95 n=86 n=45 n=79 n=81 n=19 na
 Mira asymmetrically segregated 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 97.5% 100.0% 100.0% Na
 Mira symmetrically partitioned 0.0% 0% 0.0% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% na
a

Genotypes: wild type (Oregon R); cnn (cnnhk21/cnnhk21); Lis1 (Lis1k13209/Lis1G10.14); Lis1 rod (Lis1k13209/Lis1G10.14 rodH4.8/rodH4.8); rod (rodH4.8/rodH4.8); Gl1–3 (Gl1–3/Gl1–3); Gl1–3/Df (Gl1–3/Df(3R)fz-Gf3b)

b

deviation of spindle axis from center of Mira crescent in metaphase neuroblasts (compare to Figure 5) na: not assayed