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However, the frequency of MI nondisjunction observed is only half of that expected, suggesting the presence of a distributive (achiasmatic) system of chromosome segregation.
Second, catalytically-inactive Rec12 protein facilitates achiasmatic (distributive) segregation.
Since wild-type S. pombe has 44 crossovers per meiosis (between 11 and 18 per chromosome) [ 36 ] , the mutants statistically have less than 0.1 crossovers per chromosome per meiosis and are thus achiasmatic.
In female meioses of D. melanogaster , heterochromatic pairing of homologs can substitute for chiasmata to ensure bipolar spindle attachment of bivalents and subsequent distributive segregation [ 4 5 6 8 ] . Rec12 may serve a similar role in maintaining a paired (or pseudo-paired) state between achiasmatic chromosomes prior to the first meiotic division.
A 250-fold reduction in recombination would leave less than 0.1 crossovers per chromosome, so all three chromosomes in most of the rec12 mutant meioses are achiasmatic.