Meiotic synapsis in the absence of recombination.

doi:10.1126/science.279.5352.876

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Meiotic synapsis in the absence of recombination.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 6 Feb 1998

McKim K S, Green-Marroquin B L, Sekelsky J J, Chin G, Steinberg C, Khodosh R, Hawley R S

Abstract excerpt

Although in Saccharomyces cerevisiae the initiation of meiotic recombination, as indicated by double-strand break formation, appears to be functionally linked to the initiation of synapsis, meiotic chromosome synapsis in Drosophila females occurs in the absence of meiotic exchange. Electron micro...

Topics

Animals
Chromosomes
Crossing Over, Genetic
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Gene Conversion
Meiosis
Mutation
Oocytes
Recombination, Genetic
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sister Chromatid Exchange
Synaptonemal Complex

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