The mouse meiotic mutation mei1 disrupts chromosome synapsis with sexually dimorphic consequences for meiotic progression

Developmental Biology

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 174-187

  Libby, Brian J ^a   De La Fuente, Rabindranath ^a   O'Brien, Marilyn J ^a   Wigglesworth, Karen ^a   Cobb, John ^b   Inselman, Amy ^b   Eaker, Shannon ^b   Handel, Mary Ann ^b   Eppig, John J ^a   Schimenti, John C ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Meiosis; Mouse; Rad51; Sexual dimorphism; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COLONY FORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOIDY; INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 18244374210     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0535     Document Type: Article

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