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The pachytene checkpoint.
Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Sept 2000
Roeder G S, Bailis J M
Abstract excerpt
The pachytene checkpoint prevents meiotic nuclear division in cells that fail to complete meiotic recombination and chromosome synapsis. This control mechanism prevents chromosome missegregation that would lead to the production of aneuploid gametes. The pachytene checkpoint requires a subset of proteins that function in the mitotic DNA damage checkpoint. In budding yeast, the pachytene checkpoint also requires...
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