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In crane fly spermatocyte meiosis 3 autosome half-bivalents normally move to each spindle pole in anaphase while the 2 amphitelic sex-chromosome univalents remain at the equator. The sex-chromosome univalents move to opposite poles after the autosomes reach the poles. — We used micromanipulation to detach half-bivalents in anaphase. When re-attached half-bivalents were syntelically oriented to the original pole, sex-chromosome segregation was usually not altered. When re-attached half-bivalents were amphitelically oriented, sex-chromosome segregation was usually altered: usually the amphitelic autosome segregated against one sex-chromosome while the other sex-chromosome remained at the equator. When re-attached half-bivalents were syntelically oriented to the opposite pole, sex-chromosome segregation was often altered: often one sex-chromosome moved normally to the spindle pole with 2 autosomal half-bivalents, while the other sex-chromosome did not move to the spindle pole with 4 autosomal half-bivalents, but remained at the equator. — The direction of motion of a sex-chromosome could be altered even after sex-chromosome segregation had begun, by suitable micromanipulation of the other sex-chromosome. — Amphitelic chromosomes that were not on the equator at the start of anaphase segregated predominantly to the closer spindle pole. Detached half-bivalents showed no preference for the closer pole when they re-attached with syntelic orientation. — We discuss some possible hypotheses for non-independent movements, and some implications of the results.
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Forer, A., Koch, C. Influence of autosome movements and of sex-chromosome movements on sex-chromosome segregation in crane fly spermatocytes. Chromosoma 40, 417–442 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399432
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