Movie 4

The doubling of cell size does not affect hexagonal arrangement of multi-aster patterns for a constant number of asters, if astral MT lengths (LMT) are linearly scaled to maintain the optimal circle packing fraction (ϕ). Simulations where ϕ is constant 1.6 while cell size doubles, are depicted for (left to right:) cell radius: 8, 15 and 30 μm with the corresponding LMT: 2.13, 4.25 and 8.5 μm, respectively. Here, NA = 20, density of kinesin complexes: 10 motors/μm2 and total simulation time: 600 s. These videos correspond to Figure 6E.