Chromosomal abnormalities, meiotic behavior and fertility in domestic animals

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 69-80

  Villagomez D A F ^a,c   Pinton, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FERTILITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; REVIEW; SPERM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MEIOSIS; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 43449088255     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000118742     Document Type: Review

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