Question: why are axial elements important in meiosis?
Answer: At the onset of meiosis, the axial element (AE) is established to organize sister chromatids into arrays of multiple DNA loops, with bases that are anchored on AEs (Borde and de Massy, 2013). ... In plants, how meiotic DSBs are formed and the components involved remain elusive (Edlinger and Schlögelhofer, 2011).