Sarcomeric order despite actin filament length variability.

<p>In a modified version of the simulations shown in <a href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002544#pcbi-1002544-g003" target="_blank">figure 3</a>, the lengths of individual actin filament were chosen from a unimodular length distribution, see main text. Example length distributions are shown for three values of the length variability parameter . Sarcomeric order also evolved in simulated acto-myosin bundles with a distribution of filament lengths, but with a reduced sarcomeric order parameter and increased sarcomere spacing at steady-state (means.e.).