Condensin II never switches on in a tardigrade embryo: it is maternally supplied and shuts down with the division machinery
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Authors
- Meow-Ludo Meow-Meow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1643-9031)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22879339
- Primary Topic
- Tardigrade Biology and Ecology
- Type
- preprint