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. 2013 Feb 7;9(2):e1003241. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003241

Table 3. Chromosome abnormalities from cohesion heterozygotes and wild-type siblings.

Female
Smc1b +/+ Smc1b +/− Rec8 +/+ Rec8 +/−
Diakinesis/MI
Total Cells 37 72 57 48
Normal 37 (100.0%) 68 (94.4%) 57 (100.0%) 46 (95.8%)
Univalents 0 1 (1.4%) 0 0
St. Abnormal* 0 3 (4.2%)* 0 2 (4.2%)
MII Arrested eggs
Total Cells 27 45 33 90
Normal 25 (92.6%) 33 (73.3%) 31 (93.9%) 78 (86.6%)
Hyperploid 1 (3.7%) 0 0 1 (1.1%)
PSCS** 1 (3.7%) 10 (22.2%) 2 (6.0%) 9 (10.0%)
St. Abnormal 0 2 (4.4%) 0 2 (2.2%)
*

Structural abnormalities (MI abnormalities include 3 cells with chromatid breaks, 1 cell with a chromosome break, and 1 cell with an end-to-end fusion between two bivalents. All MII abnormalities were chromatid breaks).

**

Premature sister chromatid separation.