title: Helping chromosomes and chromatids stay on track.
abstract: The prevention of premature interactions between microtubules and kinetochores is essential to ensuring that meiosis produces gametes with the correct number of chromosomes.
authors.affiliation: is in the  Department of Biology ,  Indiana University ,  Bloomington ,  United States sonil@indiana.edu.
authors.forename: Soni
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lacefield
mesh_terms: D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000378:metabolism*; D008540:Meiosis; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins