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Chromosome Dynamics in Meiosis

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Part of the book series: Plant Cell Monographs ((CELLMONO,volume 9))

Abstract

Meiosis encompasses a large number of dynamic processes. Some of them are biochemical,such as formation and repair of meiotic double-strand breaks, while others are physical in nature,such as homologous chromosome segregation in anaphase I. Plants have been used as model species inmeiosis studies for over 80 years. However, the past decade brought a dramatic improvement inthe understanding of meiosis in plants at the mechanistic level, thanks to the adoption of geneticand molecular biology techniques in chromosome research and new microscopy methods.

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  1. Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, 14853, Ithaca, NY, USA

    Arnaud Ronceret, Moira J. Sheehan & Wojciech P. Pawlowski

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Ronceret, A., Sheehan, M.J., Pawlowski, W.P. (2007). Chromosome Dynamics in Meiosis. In: Verma, D.P.S., Hong, Z. (eds) Cell Division Control in Plants. Plant Cell Monographs, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7089_2007_124

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