Live Snapshots of Bivalent Hyperstretching and Separation (IMAGE)

RIKEN

Live Snapshots of Bivalent Hyperstretching and Separation

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Chromosomes are seen as red, and kinetochores are green. (A-B) Bivalent appears normal (green arrows). (C) Bivalent begins to hyperstretch (orange arrows). (D-E) Single pairs begin to move independently (red and purple arrows). (E) Balanced predivision of sister chromatids (red and purple arrows).

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