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. 2021 Jun 8;10:e64412. doi: 10.7554/eLife.64412

Figure 1. Schematic of homologous chromosome pairing in somatic cells in D. melanogaster.

Figure 1.

(A) Over the course of embryonic development, homologous chromosomes pair along their lengths. (B) Button model for homolog pairing in which each chromosome carries a series of sites that have affinity for the same site on its homologous chromosome.