Robertsonian chromosomes and the nuclear architecture of mouse meiotic prophase spermatocytes

Biological Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Berríos, Soledad ^a   Manieu, Catalina ^a   López Fenner, Julio ^b   Ayarza, Eliana ^a   Page, Jesús ^c   González, Marisel ^a   Manterola, Marcia ^a   Fernández Donoso, Raúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bivalent associations; Mouse spermatocytes; Nuclear architecture; Robertsonian chromosomes

Indexed keywords

HETEROCHROMATIN; MOLECULAR PROBE;

ANIMAL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOUSE; PACHYTENE; SPERMATOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MICE; MOLECULAR PROBES; PACHYTENE STAGE; SPERMATOCYTES; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 84905644879     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/0717-6287-47-16     Document Type: Article

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