Crossing over analysis at pachytene in man

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 350-358

  Barlow, A L ^a   Hulten M A ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crossing over; Genetic length; Human; Meiosis; MLH 1; Oocyte; Pachytene; Spermatocyte; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CROSSING OVER; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SPERMATOCYTE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

EID: 0031829611     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200200     Document Type: Article

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