Is predicted to encode a protein with the following domains: N terminus of Rad21 / Rec8 like protein and Rad21/Rec8-like protein, N-terminal. Is an ortholog of C. elegans rec-8. In C. elegans, rec-8 is involved in several processes, including meiotic chromosome segregation; meiotic sister chromatid cohesion; and regulation of centriole-centriole cohesion.