Quantitative dynamics of telomere bouquet formation.

The mechanism by which homologous chromosomes pair during meiosis, as a prelude to recombination, has long been mysterious. At meiosis, the telomeres in many organisms attach to the nuclear envelope and move together to form the telomere bouquet, perhaps to facilitate the homologous search. It is be...

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Main Authors: David M Richards, Emma Greer, Azahara C Martin, Graham Moore, Peter J Shaw, Martin Howard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3516562?pdf=render