Centromere-specific multicolour fluorescence in situ hybridization on human spermatocyte i and II metaphases

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2029-2033

  Uroz, L ^a   Liehr, T ^b   Mrasek, K ^b   Templado, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Centromere specific multicolour fluorescence in situ hybridization; Human spermatocytes; Meiosis; Metaphase I; Metaphase II

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; METAPHASE; SPERMATOCYTE;

EID: 67651097778     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep092     Document Type: Article

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