Table 1 Total SC lengths of zebrafish pachytene cells in μm, mean±SD (no. of cells) According to our limited observations on the development and later destruction of the synaptonemal complex ...

The synaptonemal complex (SC) is a meiosis-specific scaffold that links homologous chromosomes from end to end during meiotic prophase and is required for the formation of meiotic crossovers.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...