Meiosis in the golden hamster: A confocal microscopy and flow cytometric analysis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-95

  Vigodner, Margaret ^a   Lewin, L M ^a   Shochat, L ^a   Mittelman, L ^a   Golan, R ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; DNA condensation; Flow cytometry; Golden hamster; Meiosis; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAMSTER; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CRICETINAE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYPLOIDY; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

EID: 0037211001     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10212     Document Type: Article

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