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- noun Plural form of
univalent .
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All 40 chromosomes of mouse oocytes are telocentric, so homologs form bivalents in meiosis I while sister chromatids form univalents in meiosis II
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shen Yin et al. 2008
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All 40 chromosomes of mouse oocytes are telocentric, so homologs form bivalents in meiosis I while sister chromatids form univalents in meiosis II
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Until MII, the oocytes always showed premature separated chromatids, while in control, sister chromaitids as univalents did not separate (
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Very notably, in some oocytes with PBE, which indicates that the APC / C activity and onset of anaphase are normal, bivalents consisting of homologous chromosomes were seen instead of univalents as in the control (
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Centromeres between sister chromatids lost the protection from Sgo1 and linkage between chromatids was degraded, and thus single chromatids instead of univalents was found (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shen Yin et al. 2008
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