Normal synaptonemal complex and abnormal recombination nodules in two alleles of the Drosophila meiotic mutant mei-W68

Genetics

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1337-1356

  Carpenter, Adelaide T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEI W68 1 GENE; MEI W68 L1 GENE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

EID: 0037398251     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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