Developmental BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Pre-meiotic pairing of homologous chromosomes during Drosophila male meiosis
Thomas Rubin, Nicolas Macaisne, Ana María Vallés…·Jean‐René Huynh
The paper investigates homologous chromosome pairing in Drosophila males, showing that despite lacking synaptonemal complexes and recombination, pairing occurs via SC proteins, the SUN/KASH complex, and microtubules, with slower dynamics compensated by longer cell cycles.
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