Chromosomes and DNA of Mus
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Chromosoma
- Vol. 57 (3), 227-234
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00295209
Abstract
Using C-banded preparations of Mus dunni it is possible to study the behavior of constitutive heterochromatin in early stages of meiotic prophase. The X and the Y chromosomes, both of which contain a large amount of heterochromatin, lie apart in leptotene but move toward each other during zygotene. They then form the sex vesicle at late zygotene. In autosomes zygotene pairing appears to start from the telomeric ends. The centromere of the Y chromosome associates end-to-end with the terminal end of the long arm of the X chromosome. The autosomal heterochromatic short arms show forked morphology in certain bivalents at pachytene, suggesting probable incomplete synapsis.Keywords
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