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Meiotic prophase in rye was investigated by serial-section reconstruction of pollen mother cell nuclei. In the mid-late zygotene nucleus, all lateral elements were continuous from telomere to telomere, and 9–20 pairing initiation sites per bivalent were observed. Chromosome and bivalent interlockings detected during zygotene were resolved at early pachytene when pairing was completed. In the three pachytene nuclei, the relative synaptonemal complex (SC) lengths and arm ratios were found to be in good correlation with light microscopic data of pachytene bivalents. Spatial tracing of the bivalents showed that they occupy separate areas in the nucleus. Three types of recombination nodules were observed: large, ellipsoïdal and small nodules at early pachytene and irregularly shaped nodules mainly associated with chromatin at late pachytene. Their number and position along the bivalents correlated well with the number and distribution of chiasmata. The classification of the seven bivalents was based on arm ratio and heterochromatic knob distribution.
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Abirached-Darmency, M., Zickler, D. & Cauderon, Y. Synaptonemal complex and recombination nodules in rye (Secale cereale). Chromosoma 88, 299–306 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00292907
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