Coordinated movements between autosomal half-bivalents in crane-fly spermatocytes: Evidence that 'stop' signals are sent between partner half-bivalents

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 155-163

  Yin, Beihong ^a   Forer, Arthur ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromosome movement; Crane fly spermatocyte; Kinetochore; Mitotic signal; Spindle fibre; Spindle interzone; Ultraviolet microbeam

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; INSECT; IRRADIATION; MALE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; KINETOCHORES; MALE; MEIOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; TIPULIDAE;

EID: 0030043838     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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