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McKim KS, Heschl MF, Rosenbluth RE, Baillie DL. Genetic organization of the unc-60 region in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 1988 Jan;118(1):49-59. doi: 10.1093/genetics/118.1.49. PubMed PMID: 8608931; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1203265.

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McKim KS, Howell AM, Rose AM. The effects of translocations on recombination frequency in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 1988 Dec;120(4):987-1001. doi: 10.1093/genetics/120.4.987. PubMed PMID: 3224815; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1203590.

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McKim KS, Rose AM. Chromosome I duplications in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 1990 Jan;124(1):115-32. doi: 10.1093/genetics/124.1.115. PubMed PMID: 2307351; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1203899.

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Clark DV, Johnsen RC, McKim KS, Baillie DL. Analysis of lethal mutations induced in a mutator strain that activates transposable elements in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genome. 1990 Feb;33(1):109-14. doi: 10.1139/g90-017. PubMed PMID: 2158925.

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McKim KS, Starr T, Rose AM. Genetic and molecular analysis of the dpy-14 region in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol Gen Genet. 1992 May;233(1-2):241-51. doi: 10.1007/BF00587585. PubMed PMID: 1603066.

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Hawley RS, McKim KS, Arbel T. Meiotic segregation in Drosophila melanogaster females: molecules, mechanisms, and myths. Annu Rev Genet. 1993;27:281-317. doi: 10.1146/annurev.ge.27.120193.001433. Review. PubMed PMID: 8122905.

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McKim KS, Jang JK, Theurkauf WE, Hawley RS. Mechanical basis of meiotic metaphase arrest. Nature. 1993 Mar 25;362(6418):364-6. doi: 10.1038/362364a0. PubMed PMID: 8455723.

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McKim KS, Peters K, Rose AM. Two types of sites required for meiotic chromosome pairing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 1993 Jul;134(3):749-68. doi: 10.1093/genetics/134.3.749. PubMed PMID: 8349107; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1205513.

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McKim KS, Matheson C, Marra MA, Wakarchuk MF, Baillie DL. The Caenorhabditis elegans unc-60 gene encodes proteins homologous to a family of actin-binding proteins. Mol Gen Genet. 1994 Feb;242(3):346-57. doi: 10.1007/BF00280425. PubMed PMID: 8107682.

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McKim KS, Rose AM. Spontaneous duplication loss and breakage in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genome. 1994 Aug;37(4):595-606. doi: 10.1139/g94-085. PubMed PMID: 7958823.

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Hari KL, Santerre A, Sekelsky JJ, McKim KS, Boyd JB, Hawley RS. The mei-41 gene of D. melanogaster is a structural and functional homolog of the human ataxia telangiectasia gene. Cell. 1995 Sep 8;82(5):815-21. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(95)90478-6. PubMed PMID: 7671309.

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Sekelsky JJ, McKim KS, Chin GM, Hawley RS. The Drosophila meiotic recombination gene mei-9 encodes a homologue of the yeast excision repair protein Rad1. Genetics. 1995 Oct;141(2):619-27. doi: 10.1093/genetics/141.2.619. PubMed PMID: 8647398; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1206761.

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McKim KS, Hawley RS. Chromosomal control of meiotic cell division. Science. 1995 Dec 8;270(5242):1595-601. doi: 10.1126/science.270.5242.1595. Review. PubMed PMID: 7502068.

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McKim KS, Dahmus JB, Hawley RS. Cloning of the Drosophila melanogaster meiotic recombination gene mei-218: a genetic and molecular analysis of interval 15E. Genetics. 1996 Sep;144(1):215-28. doi: 10.1093/genetics/144.1.215. PubMed PMID: 8878687; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1207495.

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McKim KS, Green-Marroquin BL, Sekelsky JJ, Chin G, Steinberg C, Khodosh R, Hawley RS. Meiotic synapsis in the absence of recombination. Science. 1998 Feb 6;279(5352):876-8. doi: 10.1126/science.279.5352.876. PubMed PMID: 9452390.

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McKim KS, Hayashi-Hagihara A. mei-W68 in Drosophila melanogaster encodes a Spo11 homolog: evidence that the mechanism for initiating meiotic recombination is conserved. Genes Dev. 1998 Sep 15;12(18):2932-42. doi: 10.1101/gad.12.18.2932. PubMed PMID: 9744869; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC317166.

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Sekelsky JJ, McKim KS, Messina L, French RL, Hurley WD, Arbel T, Chin GM, Deneen B, Force SJ, Hari KL, Jang JK, Laurençon AC, Madden LD, Matthies HJ, Milliken DB, Page SL, Ring AD, Wayson SM, Zimmerman CC, Hawley RS. Identification of novel Drosophila meiotic genes recovered in a P-element screen. Genetics. 1999 Jun;152(2):529-42. doi: 10.1093/genetics/152.2.529. PubMed PMID: 10353897; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1460643.

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McKim KS, Jang JK, Sekelsky JJ, Laurencon A, Hawley RS. mei-41 is required for precocious anaphase in Drosophila females. Chromosoma. 2000;109(1-2):44-9. doi: 10.1007/s004120050411. PubMed PMID: 10855494.

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Liu H, Jang JK, Graham J, Nycz K, McKim KS. Two genes required for meiotic recombination in Drosophila are expressed from a dicistronic message. Genetics. 2000 Apr;154(4):1735-46. doi: 10.1093/genetics/154.4.1735. PubMed PMID: 10747066; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1461038.

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Page SL, McKim KS, Deneen B, Van Hook TL, Hawley RS. Genetic studies of mei-P26 reveal a link between the processes that control germ cell proliferation in both sexes and those that control meiotic exchange in Drosophila. Genetics. 2000 Aug;155(4):1757-72. doi: 10.1093/genetics/155.4.1757. PubMed PMID: 10924472; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1461182.

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Manheim EA, Jang JK, Dominic D, McKim KS. Cytoplasmic localization and evolutionary conservation of MEI-218, a protein required for meiotic crossing-over in Drosophila. Mol Biol Cell. 2002 Jan;13(1):84-95. doi: 10.1091/mbc.01-06-0318. PubMed PMID: 11809824; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC65074.

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Giunta KL, Jang JK, Manheim EA, Subramanian G, McKim KS. subito encodes a kinesin-like protein required for meiotic spindle pole formation in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 2002 Apr;160(4):1489-501. doi: 10.1093/genetics/160.4.1489. PubMed PMID: 11973304; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1462067.

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McKim KS, Jang JK, Manheim EA. Meiotic recombination and chromosome segregation in Drosophila females. Annu Rev Genet. 2002;36:205-32. doi: 10.1146/annurev.genet.36.041102.113929. Epub 2002 Jun 11. Review. PubMed PMID: 12429692.

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Liu H, Jang JK, Kato N, McKim KS. mei-P22 encodes a chromosome-associated protein required for the initiation of meiotic recombination in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 2002 Sep;162(1):245-58. doi: 10.1093/genetics/162.1.245. PubMed PMID: 12242237; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1462256.

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Manheim EA, McKim KS. The Synaptonemal complex component C(2)M regulates meiotic crossing over in Drosophila. Curr Biol. 2003 Feb 18;13(4):276-85. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00050-2. PubMed PMID: 12593793.

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Jang JK, Sherizen DE, Bhagat R, Manheim EA, McKim KS. Relationship of DNA double-strand breaks to synapsis in Drosophila. J Cell Sci. 2003 Aug 1;116(Pt 15):3069-77. doi: 10.1242/jcs.00614. Epub 2003 Jun 10. PubMed PMID: 12799415.

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Bhagat R, Manheim EA, Sherizen DE, McKim KS. Studies on crossover-specific mutants and the distribution of crossing over in Drosophila females. Cytogenet Genome Res. 2004;107(3-4):160-71. doi: 10.1159/000080594. PubMed PMID: 15467361.

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Sherizen D, Jang JK, Bhagat R, Kato N, McKim KS. Meiotic recombination in Drosophila females depends on chromosome continuity between genetically defined boundaries. Genetics. 2005 Feb;169(2):767-81. doi: 10.1534/genetics.104.035824. Epub 2004 Nov 15. PubMed PMID: 15545646; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1449117.

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Anderson LK, Royer SM, Page SL, McKim KS, Lai A, Lilly MA, Hawley RS. Juxtaposition of C(2)M and the transverse filament protein C(3)G within the central region of Drosophila synaptonemal complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 22;102(12):4482-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0500172102. Epub 2005 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 15767569; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC555515.

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Jang JK, Rahman T, McKim KS. The kinesinlike protein Subito contributes to central spindle assembly and organization of the meiotic spindle in Drosophila oocytes. Mol Biol Cell. 2005 Oct;16(10):4684-94. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e04-11-0964. Epub 2005 Jul 29. PubMed PMID: 16055508; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1237074.

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Gong WJ, McKim KS, Hawley RS. All paired up with no place to go: pairing, synapsis, and DSB formation in a balancer heterozygote. PLoS Genet. 2005 Nov;1(5):e67. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0010067. Epub 2005 Nov 18. PubMed PMID: 16299588; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1285065.

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McKim KS. When size does not matter: pairing sites during meiosis. Cell. 2005 Dec 16;123(6):989-92. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2005.11.031. Review. PubMed PMID: 16360029.

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Horner VL, Czank A, Jang JK, Singh N, Williams BC, Puro J, Kubli E, Hanes SD, McKim KS, Wolfner MF, Goldberg ML. The Drosophila calcipressin sarah is required for several aspects of egg activation. Curr Biol. 2006 Jul 25;16(14):1441-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.06.024. PubMed PMID: 16860744.

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Cesario JM, Jang JK, Redding B, Shah N, Rahman T, McKim KS. Kinesin 6 family member Subito participates in mitotic spindle assembly and interacts with mitotic regulators. J Cell Sci. 2006 Nov 15;119(Pt 22):4770-80. doi: 10.1242/jcs.03235. Epub 2006 Oct 31. PubMed PMID: 17077127; NIHMSID:NIHMS424859.

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Mehrotra S, McKim KS. Temporal analysis of meiotic DNA double-strand break formation and repair in Drosophila females. PLoS Genet. 2006 Nov 24;2(11):e200. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020200. Epub 2006 Oct 10. PubMed PMID: 17166055; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1657055.

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Doubilet S, McKim KS. Spindle assembly in the oocytes of mouse and Drosophila--similar solutions to a problem. Chromosome Res. 2007;15(5):681-96. doi: 10.1007/s10577-007-1148-8. Review. PubMed PMID: 17674154.

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Joyce EF, McKim KS. When specialized sites are important for synapsis and the distribution of crossovers. Bioessays. 2007 Mar;29(3):217-26. doi: 10.1002/bies.20531. Review. PubMed PMID: 17295219.

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McKim KS. Meiotic pairing: a place to hook up. Curr Biol. 2007 Mar 6;17(5):R165-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.003. PubMed PMID: 17339014.

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Jang JK, Rahman T, Kober VS, Cesario J, McKim KS. Misregulation of the kinesin-like protein Subito induces meiotic spindle formation in the absence of chromosomes and centrosomes. Genetics. 2007 Sep;177(1):267-80. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.076091. Epub 2007 Jul 29. PubMed PMID: 17660552; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2013708.

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Wu C, Singaram V, McKim KS. mei-38 is required for chromosome segregation during meiosis in Drosophila females. Genetics. 2008 Sep;180(1):61-72. doi: 10.1534/genetics.108.091140. Epub 2008 Aug 30. PubMed PMID: 18757915; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2535709.

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Colombié N, Cullen CF, Brittle AL, Jang JK, Earnshaw WC, Carmena M, McKim K, Ohkura H. Dual roles of Incenp crucial to the assembly of the acentrosomal metaphase spindle in female meiosis. Development. 2008 Oct;135(19):3239-46. doi: 10.1242/dev.022624. Epub 2008 Aug 28. PubMed PMID: 18755775; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2536564.

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McKim KS, Joyce EF, Jang JK. Cytological analysis of meiosis in fixed Drosophila ovaries. Methods Mol Biol. 2009;558:197-216. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60761-103-5_12. Review. PubMed PMID: 19685326.

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Joyce EF, Tanneti SN, McKim KS. Drosophila hold'em is required for a subset of meiotic crossovers and interacts with the dna repair endonuclease complex subunits MEI-9 and ERCC1. Genetics. 2009 Jan;181(1):335-40. doi: 10.1534/genetics.108.093104. Epub 2008 Oct 28. PubMed PMID: 18957705; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2621184.

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Joyce EF, McKim KS. Drosophila PCH2 is required for a pachytene checkpoint that monitors double-strand-break-independent events leading to meiotic crossover formation. Genetics. 2009 Jan;181(1):39-51. doi: 10.1534/genetics.108.093112. Epub 2008 Oct 28. PubMed PMID: 18957704; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2621188.

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Joyce EF, McKim KS. Chromosome axis defects induce a checkpoint-mediated delay and interchromosomal effect on crossing over during Drosophila meiosis. PLoS Genet. 2010 Aug 12;6(8). doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001059. PubMed PMID: 20711363; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2920846.

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Orsi GA, Joyce EF, Couble P, McKim KS, Loppin B. Drosophila I-R hybrid dysgenesis is associated with catastrophic meiosis and abnormal zygote formation. J Cell Sci. 2010 Oct 15;123(Pt 20):3515-24. doi: 10.1242/jcs.073890. Epub 2010 Sep 14. PubMed PMID: 20841382.

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Joyce EF, McKim KS. Meiotic checkpoints and the interchromosomal effect on crossing over in Drosophila females. Fly (Austin). 2011 Apr-Jun;5(2):134-40. doi: 10.4161/fly.5.2.14767. Epub 2011 Apr 1. PubMed PMID: 21339705; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3127062.

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Joyce EF, Pedersen M, Tiong S, White-Brown SK, Paul A, Campbell SD, McKim KS. Drosophila ATM and ATR have distinct activities in the regulation of meiotic DNA damage and repair. J Cell Biol. 2011 Oct 31;195(3):359-67. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201104121. Epub 2011 Oct 24. PubMed PMID: 22024169; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3206348.

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Tanneti NS, Landy K, Joyce EF, McKim KS. A pathway for synapsis initiation during zygotene in Drosophila oocytes. Curr Biol. 2011 Nov 8;21(21):1852-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.005. Epub 2011 Oct 27. PubMed PMID: 22036181.

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Cesario J, McKim KS. RanGTP is required for meiotic spindle organization and the initiation of embryonic development in Drosophila. J Cell Sci. 2011 Nov 15;124(Pt 22):3797-810. doi: 10.1242/jcs.084855. Epub 2011 Nov 18. PubMed PMID: 22100918; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3225268.