What makes homologous chromosomes find each other in meiosis? A review and an hypothesis

Chromosoma

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 209-219

  Sybenga, J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; CELL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; GENOTYPE; MEIOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032822130     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050371     Document Type: Article

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