Dynamics of meiotic prophase I during spermatogenesis: From pairing to division

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-450

  Cobb, John ^a   Handel, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome pairing; DNA repair proteins; Meiosis; Synaptonemal complex; Topoisomerase II

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; HUMAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPHASE; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; PROPHASE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0032130368     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1998.0202     Document Type: Article

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