Riley R, Flavell R B
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1977 Mar 21;277(955):191-9. doi: 10.1098/rstb.1977.0011.
In this introductory paper we have highlighted some aspects of the meiotic process which seem important to us and about which some especially interesting features have been discovered. These include the switch from mitosis to meiosis, premeiotic DNA synthesis, association of the chromosomes with the synaptonemal complex, the nature of chromosome homology in relation to chromosome pairing, the process of chromosome pairing, the regulation of meiosis as a developmental process and the process of recombination. We have indulged in speculation in the hope that it will stimulate additional discussion and research into these crucial meiotic cell divisions which link the generations in higher organisms.
在这篇引言性论文中，我们着重强调了减数分裂过程中一些对我们来说似乎很重要的方面，并且已经发现了一些特别有趣的特征。这些方面包括从有丝分裂到减数分裂的转变、减数分裂前的DNA合成、染色体与联会复合体的关联、与染色体配对相关的染色体同源性的本质、染色体配对的过程、作为发育过程的减数分裂的调控以及重组过程。我们进行了一些推测，希望能激发对这些关键的减数分裂细胞分裂进行更多的讨论和研究，这些分裂将高等生物的世代联系起来。
