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Abnormal meiotic spindles cause a cascade of defects during spermatogenesis in asp males of Drosophila.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Feb 1990
Casal J, Gonzalez C, Wandosell F, Avila J, Ripoll P
Abstract excerpt
Since spermatogenesis in Drosophila is a series of interconnected and interdependent steps and most of the spermatogenic events take place in the absence of transcription, failures in a given stage can give rise to a cascade of defects later on. The asp locus of Drosophila melanogaster codes for a non-tubulin component implicated in proper spindle structure and/or function (Ripoll et al. 1985). Homozygous asp...
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