Table 1.

Percent of Spindle Defects in Syncytial Embryos

	Wild-Type	klp61f	[WT]g	[3YF]h
Interior Divisions (Cycles 1–9)	n=201	n=532	n=287	n=410
Monastrala	0.5	1.88	0	0
Anastralb	0.5	4.89 *	0.7 *	0
Promiscious MTsc	0	0.75	0.35	0.49
Multi MTOCd	1.99	3.76	5.57	11.75 *
Monopolare	0	6.77 **	0.35 **	8.29 **
TOTAL	2.99	18.05	6.97	20.53
Cortical Divisions (Cycles 11–13)	n=118	n=104	n=191	n=175
Monopolar	0.85	0	0.52	1.14
Promiscuous MTs (Meta)	0	1.83	4.19	1.71
Promiscuous MTs (Ana)	0	0	2.09	6.86 ^
TOTAL	0.85	1.83	7.78	9.71
TOTAL DEFECTS	3.84	19.88	14.75	30.24

n represents the number of spindles assayed from 30 (interior) or 3 (cortical) embryos

^abipolar spindles with only one centrosome

^bbipolar spindles with no centrosomes

^cmicrotubule spurs or interactions between spindles

^dbipolar spindles with multiple MTOCs

^emonopolar spindles

^fstatistically compared to wild type embryos

^gstatistically compared to klp61f embryos

^hstatistically compared to [WT] embryos

MT = microtubules

^**0.001>p

^*0.01>p

^{^}0.05>p