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SUBMITTER: Illner D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4831013 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Illner Doris D Lorenz Alexander A Scherthan Harry H
Scientific reports 20160414
The formation of healthy gametes requires pairing of homologous chromosomes (homologs) as a prerequisite for their correct segregation during meiosis. Initially, homolog alignment is promoted by meiotic chromosome movements feeding into intimate homolog pairing by homologous recombination and/or synaptonemal complex formation. Meiotic chromosome movements in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, depend on astral microtubule dynamics that drag the nucleus through the zygote; known as hors ...[more]