Mechanism of Chromosome Pairing during Meiosis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Aug 1970 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 227, pages 451-456 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: D E, Comings; T A, Okada;

doi: 10.1038/227451a0

pmid: 5464099

Mechanism of Chromosome Pairing during Meiosis

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Abstract

Electron microscopy with whole mount preparations has revealed that the synaptonemal complex merely pulls two homologous chromosomes together. Intimate molecular pairing is another matter—probably brought about by connexions between short stretches of single stranded DNA.

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Keywords

Chromosome Aberrations, Male, Recombination, Genetic, DNA, Models, Biological, Chromosomes, Poultry, Meiosis, Microscopy, Electron, Testis, Animals

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