Cortical Microtubule Contacts
Position the Spindle
in C. elegans embryos
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Parameter Name

Value in Reference Simulation

Parameter is decreased

Parameter is increased

Microtubule Growth Speed

0.51µm/s 0.3104µm/s 2.785 µm/s

Microtubule Shrink Speed

0.84µm/s 0.133µm/s 3.612 µm/s

Microtubule Catastrophe Rate

5/s 0.722/s 9.487/s

Fiber (group of microtubules) Rigidity

120 pN/µm2 70.0 pN/µm2 899.1 pN/µm2

Force Generator Attachment Rate

5/s 1.034/s 9.202/s

Force Generator Detachment Rate

0.003/s 0.001/s 0.032/s

Force Generator / Cortex Combined Elasticity

370pN/µm 51.0 pN/µm 900.6 pN/µm

Force Generator Characteristic Force

28 pN 10.490 pN 92.520 pN

Asymmetry (Softness of posterior cortex compared to anterior)

posterior is 50% softer 7% 80%

Viscosity

1.0 pNs/µm2 0.124 pNs/µm2 1.917 pNs/µm2