title: Centromere clustering: where synapsis begins.
abstract: Centromeres congregate into a large cluster called the chromocenter during Drosophila oogenesis. Two recent studies now define a function and a genetic basis for this remarkable structure.
authors: Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors: Vijayalakshmi V
authors: VV
authors: Subramanian
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Hochwagen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female