• Mitosis: spindle evolution and the matrix model 

  Forer, Arthur; Pickett-Heaps, Jeremy (Springer Link, 2009-03)

  Current spindle models explain “anaphase A” (movement of chromosomes to the poles) in terms of a motility system based solely on microtubules (MTs) and that functions in a manner unique to mitosis. We find both these ...

• What generates flux of tubulin in kinetochore microtubules? 

  Forer, Arthur; Pickett-Heaps, Jeremy; Spurck, Tim (Springer Link, 2008-04)

  We discuss models for production of tubulin flux in kinetochore microtubules. Current models concentrate solely on microtubules and their associated motors and enzymes. For example, in some models the driving force for ...

• Actin and myosin inhibitors block elongation of kinetochore fibre stubs in metaphase crane-fly spermatocytes 

  Forer, Arthur; Spurck, Tim; Pickett-Heaps, Jeremy (Springer Link, 2007-12)

  We used an ultraviolet microbeam to cut individual kinetochore spindle fibres in metaphasecrane-fly spermatocytes; then we followed the growth of the “kinetochore stubs”, the remnants of kinetochore fibres that remain ...

• Possible roles of actin and myosin during anaphase chromosome movements in locust spermatocytes 

  Forer, Arthur; Fabian, Lacramioara (Springer Link, 2007-10)

  We tested whether the mechanisms of chromosome movement during anaphase in locust [Locusta migratoria (L.)] spermatocytes might be similar to those described in crane-fly spermatocytes. Actin and myosin have ...

• Elastic tethers between separating anaphase chromosomes in crane-fly spermatocytes coordinate chromosome movements to the two poles. 

  Forer, Arthur; Berns, Michael; Sheykhani, Rozhan (Wiley, 2017-02)

  Separating anaphase chromosomes in crane-fly spermatocytes are connected by elastic tethers, as originally described by [LaFountain et al., 2002]: telomere-containing arm fragments severed from the arms move backwards ...

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