Possible mechanisms for early and intermediate stages of sperm chromatin condensation patterning involving phase separation dynamics

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-92

  Harrison, Lionel G ^a   Kasinsky, Harold E ^a   Ribes, Enric ^b   Chiva, Manel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HEMIPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLLUSC; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; HEMIPTERA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLLUSCA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

CEPHALOPODA; ELEDONE; ELEDONE CIRRHOSA; GASTROPODA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MOLLUSCA; MUREX; MUREX BRANDARIS; PHILAENUS SPUMARIUS;

EID: 12344281260     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.115     Document Type: Article

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