Identification of all pachytene bivalents in the common shrew using DAPI-staining of synaptonemal complex spreads

Chromosome Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 673-679

  Belonogova, N M ^a,b   Karamysheva, T V ^a   Biltueva, L S ^a   Perepelov, E A ^a   Minina, J M ^a   Polyakov, A V ^a   Zhdanova, N S ^a   Rubtsov, N B ^a,b   Searle, J B ^c   Borodin, P M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common shrew; DAPI banding; Meiotic chromosomes; Sorex araneus; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CHROMOMYCIN A3; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECTIVORE; KARYOTYPE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; INDOLES; MALE; PACHYTENE STAGE; SHREWS; SPERMATOCYTES; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

SOREX ARANEUS;

EID: 33748675698     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-006-1079-9     Document Type: Article

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