Chromatin configuration during meiosis I prophase of spermatogenesis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-80

  Wiltshire, Tim ^a   Park, Cynthia ^a   Handel, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNase sensitivity assays; Nuclease sensitivity; Pachytene spermatocytes; Recombination; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 1842366090     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199801)49:1<70::AID-MRD8>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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