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A mutation in the spindle checkpoint arresting meiosis II in Brachiaria ruziziensis.
Genome - 1 Aug 2003
Risso-Pascotto Claudicéia, Pagliarini Maria Suely, do Valle Cacilda Borges
Abstract excerpt
Cytological characterization of BRA005568 accession of Brachiaria ruziziensis (2n = 2x = 18) showed a totally unexpected high frequency of abnormal meiotic products, from triads to hexads, and also tetrads with micro nuclei or microcytes. Meiosis I had a low frequency of abnormalities, mainly related to the chiasma terminalization process. In meiosis II, however, frequency of abnormalities increased...
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