Playing for half the cleck: The molecular biology of meiosis

Nature Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Champion, Mia D ^a   Hawley, R Scott ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; GAMETE; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METAPHASE; REPRODUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 85046912733     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm-fertilityS50     Document Type: Review

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