The synaptonemal complex is a protein structure formed in meiosis, which forms a bridge of sorts between pairs of chromosomes, allowing genes to be swapped around and the chromosomes to ...

The synaptonemal complex is a ladder-like cell structure that plays a major role in the development of egg and sperm cells in humans and other mammals. "The structure of this complex has hardly ...

When this structure, called the synaptonemal complex, doesn't assemble properly in the cell, it can lead to chromosomal abnormalities, miscarriages, and birth defects. Since the synaptonemal ...

Further, in absence of the synaptonemal complex, crossover frequencies become identical in both sexes showing that variation of interference imposed by the synaptonemal complex is at the origin of the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new ultra-high resolution "nanoscope" is capable of taking 3-D images of an entire cell and its cellular constituents in unprecedented detail, an advance that could reveal ...

Meiosis, the cell division process giving rise to sperm and eggs, involves several steps, one of which is the formation of a large protein structure called the synaptonemal complex. Like a bridge ...