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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2009

The consequences of asynapsis for mammalian meiosis.

Paul S Burgoyne, Shantha K Mahadevaiah, James M A Turner

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 212 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

212 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Paul S BurgoyneDivision of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics, Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA. pburgoy@nimr.mrc.ac.uk
Shantha K Mahadevaiah
James M A Turner

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U117588498
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During mammalian meiosis, synapsis of paternal and maternal chromosomes and the generation of DNA breaks are needed to allow reshuffling of parental genes. In mammals errors in synapsis are associated with a male-biased meiotic impairment, which has been attributed to a response to persisting DNA double-stranded breaks in the asynapsed chromosome segments. Recently it was discovered that the chromatin of asynapsed chromosome segments is transcriptionally silenced, providing new insights into the connection between asynapsis and meiotic impairment.

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Chromosome PairingMeiosisAnimalsChromosomesFemaleHumansMale

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PMID19188923

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