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A single mutation results in diploid gamete formation and parthenogenesis in a Drosophila yemanuclein-alpha meiosis I defective mutant.
BMC genetics - 16 Nov 2010
Meyer Régis E, Delaage Michèle, Rosset Roland, Capri Michèle, Aït-Ahmed Ounissa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sexual reproduction relies on two key events: formation of cells with a haploid genome (the gametes) and restoration of diploidy after fertilization. Therefore the underlying mechanisms must have been evolutionary linked and there is a need for evidence that could support such a model. RESULTS: We describe the identification and the characterization of yem1, the first yem-alpha mutant allele (V478E),...
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