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MEIOTIC CHROMOSOME ORGANIZATION AND SEGREGATION IN PLANTS
1Department of Botany and Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602.
Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology
|March 12, 2004
Abstract:
During meiosis, homologous chromosomes are brought together to be recombined and segregated into separate haploid gametes. This requires two cell divisions, an elaborate prophase with five substages, and specialized mechanisms that regulate the association of sister chromatids. This review focuses on plant chromosomes and chromosome-associated structures, such as recombination nodules and kinetochores, that ensure accurate meiotic chromosome segregation.