Turning and twisting motion of chromosomes as an accelerating force to align homologous chromosomes during meiosis
K. Takao, K. Takamiya, D.-Q. Ding, T. Haraguchi, Y. Hiraoka, H. Nishimori, A. Awazu
This study models nuclear oscillatory movements during meiosis and finds that chromosomal torsional turning, driven by directional reversals, contributes to aligning homologous chromosomes.
bioRxiv · Dec 12, 2018Biophysics