Microtubule distribution during meiosis I in flea-beetle [Alagoasa (Oedionychus)] spermatocytes: Evidence for direct connections between unpaired sex chromosomes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1235-1247

  Wilson, Paula J ^a   Forer, Arthur ^a   Wise, Dwayne ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylated tubulin; Chromosome orientation; Meiosis; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; AUTOSOME; BEETLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FLEA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOCYTE; SPINDLE POLE BODY;

ACETYLATION; ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; KINETOCHORES; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPERMATOCYTES; TUBULIN;

ALAGOASA; ALTICINI; ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; OEDIONYCHUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0037386096     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00296     Document Type: Review

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