Pattern of synapsis in 5S rDNA loci in pam1 and wild-type meiocytes
| Stages of meiosis | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | L-Z | Z | Z-P | P | Total cells | |||||||
| Genotype | s | u | s | u | s | u | s | u | s | u | s | u |
| Wild type | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 59 | 27 |
| pam1 mutant | 0 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 57 |
s, synapsed 5S rDNA foci (1 signal is seen); u, unsynapsed 5S rDNA foci (2 signals are seen); L, leptotene; Z, zygotene; P, pachytene.