Giant meiotic spindles in males from Drosophila species with giant sperm tails

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 584-588

  Lattao, Ramona ^a   Bonaccorsi, Silvia ^a   Gatti, Maurizio ^a  

^a Pasteur Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drosophila species; Male meiosis; Sperm length; Spindle size

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; AXONEME; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM TAIL; TUBULIN;

DROSOPHILA BIFURCA; DROSOPHILA PERSIMILIS;

EID: 84858114962     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.101469     Document Type: Article

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