On the roles of heterochromatin and euchromatin in meiosis in Drosophila: Mapping chromosomal pairing sites and testing candidate mutations for effects on X-Y nondisjunction and meiotic drive in male meiosis

Genetica

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 77-93

  McKee, Bruce D ^a   Hong, Chia Sin ^a   Das, Suchita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Meiotic drive; Meiotic pairing; Modifier assay; Nondisjunction; Pairing sites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; EUCHROMATIN; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035099397     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026536200594     Document Type: Article

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