Table 3

Spindle lengths of wild-type and scc1-73 cells after 3 hours of 0.2M HU treatment.

Strain

Temp

(°C)

Average spindle length (μm)

Average distance between Y+Y dots (μm)

SCC1

25

1.29 ± 0.32

0.89 ± 0.49

scc1-73

25

1.35 ± 0.39

0.96 ± 0.38

SCC1

32

1.16 ± 0.28

0.59 ± 0.20

scc1-73

32

1.76 ± 0.45

1.20 ± 0.60

Cells obtained from Figure 6A, B were analyzed for average spindle lengths and sister-centromere separation. (n = 100-150; The p-values of spindle length comparisons were: > 0.05 for SCC1 and scc1-73 at 25°C; ≤ 0.001 for SCC1 and scc1-73 at 32°C; ≤ 0.001(scc1-73 at the two temperatures).

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