Ending up with the right partner

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作者
de Lange, T [1 ]
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[1] Rockefeller Univ, New York, NY 10021 USA
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10.1038/33790
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
How do the correct maternal and paternal chromosomes find one another during sexual reproduction? New data from fission yeast indicate that the search for the right partner is simplified by pre-alignment of the chromosomes through clustering of their ends.
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