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Cytological Analysis of Meiosis in Caenorhabditis elegans

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The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has emerged as an informative experimental system for analysis of meiosis, in large part because of the advantageous physical organization of meiotic nuclei as a gradient of stages within the germline. Here we provide tools for detailed observational studies of cells within the worm gonad, including techniques for light and electron microscopy.

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  1. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Carolyn M. Phillips

  2. Department of Molecular Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Carolyn M. Phillips

  3. Electron Microscope Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Kent L. McDonald

  4. Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, and Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Abby F. Dernburg

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  1. Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, York Ave. 1275, New York, 10021-6007, U.S.A.

    Scott Keeney

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Phillips, C.M., McDonald, K.L., Dernburg, A.F. (2009). Cytological Analysis of Meiosis in Caenorhabditis elegans . In: Keeney, S. (eds) Meiosis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 558. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-103-5_11

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