M. Sym (source code)
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<M. Sym> led a study identifying <Zip1> as a component required for the <synaptonemal complex> in budding yeast. In the reported mutants, homologous <chromosomes> could become associated, but normal assembly of the connecting synaptonemal structure failed.<ZIP1 is a synaptonemal complex protein required for meiotic chromosome synapsis by M. Sym and others>[1993, abstract: paired homologues and defective synaptonemal-complex assembly]{ref}
The experiment distinguished initial chromosome association from completion of <chromosome synapsis>. Those steps need not fail together. Combining a defined <mutation> with observations of chromosome structure made it possible to assign a role to a particular <protein> within a larger process of <meiosis>. The indexed byline is retained without guessing a full name.
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