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. 2017 May 11;8:15288. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15288

Table 2. Parameters for the three stochastic models.

  Flux model Stochastic detachment model Selective detachment model
Growth velocity, vg 0.4 μm s−1 0.4 μm s−1 0.4 μm s−1
Depolymerization velocity, vd 0.02 μm s−1 0.45 μm s−1 0.17 μm s−1
Centrosome–chromosome distance, L 6.5 μm 6.5 μm 6.5 μm
Catastrophe rate 0.25 s−1 0.25 s−1 0.25 s−1
Switching rate r for KMTs Instantaneous 0.2 s−1 0.5 s−1
Switching rate r for SMTs 0 0.2 s−1 0

The adjustable parameters of the simulations are set in italic. All other values in the table were estimated from experimental observations.