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. 2016 May 9;213(3):293–295. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201604075

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Figure 1. — The position of the spindle determines the cell cleavage plane. Schematic representations of symmetric (A) or asymmetric (B) division of polarized cells in late anaphase. (C and D) HeLa cells with normal SKAP and metaphase spindle in the center (C) or plus end tracking-deficient SKAP mutant with a laterally displaced spindle (D). Dashed lines, cleavage plane position; green lines, spindle microtubules; blue, chromosomes; red, polarized cortex; green circles, cytoplasmic determinants.