The pairing of X and Y chromosomes during meiotic prophase in the marsupial species Thylamys elegans is maintained by a dense plate developed from their axial elements

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 551-560

  Page, Jesús ^a   Berríos, Soledad ^a   Rufas, Julio S ^b   Parra, M Teresa ^b   Suja, José Á ^b   Heyting, Christa ^c   Fernández Donoso, Raúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Marsupials; Meiosis; MPM 2; Pairing; SCP3; Sex chromosomes; Thylamys

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY LABELING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROPHASE; SPERMATOCYTES; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EUTHERIA; METATHERIA; THYLAMYS; THYLAMYS ELEGANS;

EID: 0037326591     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00252     Document Type: Review

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