Germline Progenitors Escape the Widespread Phenomenon of Homolog Pairing during Drosophila Development

Homolog pairing, which plays a critical role in meiosis, poses a potential risk if it occurs in inappropriate tissues or between nonallelic sites, as it can lead to changes in gene expression, chromosome entanglements, and loss-of-heterozygosity due to mitotic recombination. This is particularly tru...

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Main Authors: Joyce, Eric F., Apostolopoulos, Nicholas, Beliveau, Brian J., Wu, C. -ting
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3868550/