7 C elegans has six pairs of chromosomes Mutants in the gene him 5 in...

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7 C elegans has six pairs of chromosomes Mutants in the gene him 5 in C elegans affect some process in pairing and synapsis prophase I but precisely what process is affected is not clear Different oocytes from a him 5 mutant hermaphrodite can have different karyotypes How can the following karyotypes at the end of prophase I be explained a Six bivalents and no univalents b Twelve univalent and no bivalents c Five bivalents and two univalent d Three hivalents and six univalents

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