The transformation of the synaptonemal complex into the “elimination chromatin” in Bombyx mori oocytes
The transformation of the synaptonemal complex into the “elimination chromatin” in Bombyx mori oocytes
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00329771
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发表时间:
1977-04
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影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
S. W. Rasmussen
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作者:
S. W. Rasmussen
InBombyx morioocytes the synaptonemal complexes are retained in modified form from pachytene to metaphase I. At the end of pachytene the length and width of the lateral components of the complex increase, whereafter the complexes become compacted during later stages of the meiotic prophase. Ultimately, at metaphase I the modified synaptonemal complexes of individual bivalents fuse to form a more or less continuous sheet between the homologous chromosomes. This sheet corresponds to the structure historically known as the “elimination chromatin”. It is concluded that in the absence of crossing over and chiasma formation inBombyx morifemales the retainment and subsequent modification of the synaptonemal complex has evolved as a substitute mechanism to ensure regular disjunction of the bivalents.