The Synaptonemal Complex of Basal Metazoan Hydra: More Similarities to Vertebrate than Invertebrate Meiosis Model Organisms

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 107-115

  Fraune, Johanna ^a   Wiesner, Miriam ^a   Benavente, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hydra; Meiosis; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CNIDARIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSOZOA; EVOLUTION; HYDRA; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MODEL; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; PROPHASE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; VERTEBRATE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSOZOA; HYDRA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; MUS MUSCULUS; SYNAPSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EVOLUTION; HYDRA; MEIOSIS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYDRA; MEIOSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84896314952     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: 18735533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2014.01.009     Document Type: Review

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