Heterochromatic threads connect oscillating chromosomes during prometaphase I in Drosophila oocytes.

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Published in PLoS Genet on January 23, 2009

Authors

Stacie E Hughes1, William D Gilliland, Jeffrey L Cotitta, Satomi Takeo, Kim A Collins, R Scott Hawley

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1: Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America.

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