Arrangement of DNA in Living Sperm: A Biophysical Analysis
- 29 June 1962
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 136 (3522), 1122-1124
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.136.3522.1122.b
Abstract
The submicroscopic arrangement of DNA molecules in living sperm is analyzed by new, highly sensitive polarization optical techniques. It is concluded that the molecules are arranged as a coil of a coil in sperm chromosomes, which in turn appear to be arranged in single file with a definite sequence.Keywords
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