Synaptic behaviour and morphological modifications of the X and Y chromosomes during pachytene in three species of Ctenomys (Rodentia, Caviomorpha, Ctenomyidae)

Genome

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1110-1115

  Lanzone, C ^a   Bidau, C J ^a,b   Gimenez M D ^a,c   Santos, J L ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ctenomys; Meiosis; Robertsonian translocations; Sex chromosomes; Synapsis

Indexed keywords

CAVIOMORPHA; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; ROBERTSONIA; RODENTIA; SYNAPSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MALE; MEIOSIS; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; MALE; MEIOSIS; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 1842865843     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g02-075     Document Type: Article

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