Synapsis and chiasma formation in four meiotic mutants of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum).

doi:10.1007/BF01552725

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Synapsis and chiasma formation in four meiotic mutants of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum).

Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology - 1 Jul 1994

Havekes F W, de Jong J H, Heyting C, Ramanna M S

Abstract excerpt

Synapsis and chiasma formation were studied in pollen mother cells of four meiotic mutants of tomato. The four mutants displayed defects in the assembly of the synaptonemal complex (SC) covering the whole range from almost complete absence of synapsis to complete synapsis at pachytene. In three m...

Topics

Cell Nucleus
Chromosomes
Crossing Over, Genetic
Solanum lycopersicum
Metaphase
Mutation
Pollen
Synaptonemal Complex

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