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The pam1 gene is required for meiotic bouquet formation and efficient homologous synapsis in maize (Zea mays L.).
Genetics - 1 Dec 2002
Golubovskaya Inna N, Harper Lisa C, Pawlowski Wojciech P, Schichnes Denise, Cande W Zacheus
Abstract excerpt
The clustering of telomeres on the nuclear envelope (NE) during meiotic prophase to form the bouquet arrangement of chromosomes may facilitate homologous chromosome synapsis. The pam1 (plural abnormalities of meiosis 1) gene is the first maize gene that appears to be required for telomere clustering, and homologous synapsis is impaired in pam1. Telomere clustering on the NE is arrested or delayed at an...
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