Germline Progenitors Escape the Widespread Phenomenon of Homolog Pairing during Drosophila Development

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Joyce, Eric F ^a   Apostolopoulos, Nicholas ^a   Beliveau, Brian J ^a   Wu, C Ting ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL VOLUME; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERMLINE STEM CELL; GONAD; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GERM CELLS; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84892773824     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004013     Document Type: Article

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