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LAMPBRUSH CHROMOSOMES

INTRODUCING A REMARKABLE FORM OF CHROMOSOME THAT EXISTS DURING THE EXTENDED DIPLOTENE PHASE OF MEIOSIS IN THE GROWING OVARIAN EGGS OF MOST ANIMALS

 

Lampbrush chromosomes: discovered in the late 19th Century in the eggs of an amphibian and a fish; currently at the centre of research into the molecular mechanism of RNA transcription and messenger RNA processing in the cell nucleus.

A remarkable career in science Joseph G. Gall

Joseph G. Gall Retirement Celebration
August 13, 2020 zoom webinar

From the Organizers of the Joe Gall Retirement Meeting 2020

Endow SA, Nizami ZF and Gerbi SA (2013) Chromosome Research 21: 339-343 (PDF)

Read Joe Gall's entry on our People page


Celebrating the Jubilee of Elena Gaginskaya — the founder of the Lampbrushology School in Saint Petersburg University

Saifitdinova A, Koshel E, Vishnevskaya M, Galkina S (2017) Biological Communications 62(3) 159-164. (WEB)

Read Elena Gaginskaya entry on our People page

Originally compiled by Herbert Macgregor

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Last updated 2 March 2024


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