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Slk19p is necessary to prevent separation of sister chromatids in meiosis I.
Current biology : CB - 5 Oct 2000
Kamieniecki R J, Shanks R M, Dawson D S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A fundamental difference between meiotic and mitotic chromosome segregation is that in meiosis I, sister chromatids remain joined, moving as a unit to one pole of the spindle rather than separating as they do in mitosis. It has long been known that the sustained linkage of sister chromatids through meiotic anaphase I is accomplished by association of the chromatids at the centromere region. The...
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