When specialized sites are important for synapsis and the distribution of crossovers

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-226

  Joyce, Eric F ^a   McKim, Kim S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CROSSING OVER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROPHASE; REVIEW; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 33847756382     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20531     Document Type: Review

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