Ovariole (IMAGE)

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Ovariole

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In Drosophila females, sequential meiotic stages are observable in a string of developing egg chambers called the ovariole. Meiosis starts at the anterior region (top-right) and meiotic cells form the synaptonemal complex (shown in purple) to pair up homolog chromosomes. Centromeres are shown in orange and DNA is labeled green

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Courtesy of Dr. Satomi Takeo, Stowers Institute for Medical Research.

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