Dispersive forces and resisting spot welds by alternative homolog conjunction govern chromosome shape in Drosophila spermatocytes during prophase I.
The bivalent chromosomes that are generated during prophase of meiosis I comprise a pair of homologous chromosomes.Homolog pairing during prophase I must include mechanisms that avoid or eliminate entanglements between non-homologous chromosomes.In Drosophila spermatocytes, non-homologous associations are disrupted by chromosome territory formation