Identical megabase transgenes on mouse chromosomes 3 and 4 do not promote ectopic pairing or synapsis at meiosis

Genome

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 770-773

  Moens, P B ^a   Meddle, J A M ^a   Spyropoulos, B ^a   Heng, H H Q ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ectopic pairing; FISH; Immunocytology; Meiosis; Synaptonemal complex; Transgenes

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; DIPLOTENE; DNA BINDING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MOUSE; TRANSGENE;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031251964     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g97-799     Document Type: Article

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