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Synapsis-dependent and -independent mechanisms stabilize homolog pairing during meiotic prophase in C. elegans.
Genes & development - 15 Sept 2002
MacQueen Amy J, Colaiácovo Mónica P, McDonald Kent, Villeneuve Anne M
Abstract excerpt
Analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans syp-1 mutants reveals that both synapsis-dependent and -independent mechanisms contribute to stable, productive alignment of homologous chromosomes during meiotic prophase. Early prophase nuclei undergo normal reorganization in syp-1 mutants, and chromosomes initially pair. However, the polarized nuclear organization characteristic of early prophase persists for a prolonged...
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