Not all germ cells are created equal: Aspects of sexual dimorphism in mammalian meiosis

Reproduction

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 761-781

  Morelli, Meisha A ^a   Cohen, Paula E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERM CELL; GONAD; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIC CELL; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MALE; MAMMALS; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 29244462029     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00865     Document Type: Review

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