Meiosis: when even two is a crowd.

Current biology : CB ·Vol. 13 ·No. 21 ·2003-10-28 ·Pages R831-3

van Veen JE, Hawley RS

Abstract

Recent studies in Caenorhabditis elegans show that crossover interference, which usually limits the number of exchanges per meiotic bivalent to just 'one', requires the continuity of both homologs. One 'function' of crossover interference may be the prevention of crossover events that might not effectively hold homologs together.

MeSH Terms

Animals Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics,physiology Chromatids/physiology Crossing Over, Genetic/physiology Meiosis/physiology

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

van Veen J Edward

Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA.

Hawley R Scott

Article Info

Journal

Current biology : CB

Abbr.

Curr Biol

ISSN

0960-9822

DOI

10.1016/j.cub.2003.10.014

Published

2003-10-28

Pages

R831-3

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

9107782

Subset

Corrections

ErratumIn

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.10.014 View journal details

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