Maize meiotic spindles assemble around chromatin and do not require paired Chromosomes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 3507-3515

  Chan, Annette ^a   Zacheus Cande, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desynaptic mutation; Maize; Meiocyte; Spindle

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; MAIZE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; GENES, PLANT; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; ZEA MAYS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 20644453319     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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