Spermatocytes in asun testes arrest during prophase of meiosis I. Arrested asun spermatocytes
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asunder is a critical regulator of dynein-dynactin localization during Drosophila spermatogenesis. Michael A. Anderson, Ethan Lee, Karen G. Hales, Tom S. Hays, Laura A. Lee. 1) Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center, Nashville, TN; 2) Dept. of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC; 3) Dept. of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
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