Chromosome synapsis, they noted, triggers the collapse of the elongated PAR structure and oocytes can be reprogrammed to exhibit spermatocyte-like levels of double-strand breaks in the PAR simply ...

During meiosis, homologous chromosomes pair to form bivalents, enabling crossing-over—the physical exchange of chromatid segments. This crucial step requires proper alignment and synapsis of ...

"During normal meiosis, the process of division that halves the number of chromosomes per cell, my colleagues and I discovered that Pds5 regulates the pairing and synapsis (joining together) of ...

Meiosis reduces ploidy by following one round of DNA replication with two rounds of chromosome segregation (Meiosis I and Meiosis II respectively). In Meiosis I homologous chromosomes separate, which ...