THE FINE STRUCTURE OF CHROMOSOMES IN THE MEIOTIC PROPHASE OF VERTEBRATE SPERMATOCYTES | Zendy

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THE FINE STRUCTURE OF CHROMOSOMES IN THE MEIOTIC PROPHASE OF VERTEBRATE SPERMATOCYTES

Author(s) -

Don W. Fawcett

Publication year - 1956

Publication title -

the journal of cell biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414

H-Index - 380

eISSN - 1540-8140

pISSN - 0021-9525

DOI - 10.1083/jcb.2.4.403

Subject(s) - prophase , biology , meiosis , mitosis , chromatin , condensin , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , equidistant , dna , cohesin , gene , geometry , mathematics

The prophase chromosomes of the first meiotic division in pigeon, cat, and man contain a central structure or core consisting of a pair of dense fibrils (450 A) that are parallel to one another and equidistant from a delicate linear region of increased density midway between them. These parallel strands are present early in prophase and the chromosomes seem to arise by congregation and organization of the chromatin granules around them. They have not been observed in mitosis or in other stages of meiosis.

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