Spermatocytes of the caddisfly Potamophylax rotundipennis (Trichoptera, Insecta): A fine structure study with emphasis on synaptonemal complex plates associated with chromatin

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-291

  Klein, C ^a   Wolf, K W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Meiosis; Pachytene; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSECT; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PROPHASE; SPERMATOCYTE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TELOPHASE;

EID: 0031007041     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(97)80004-3     Document Type: Article

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