title: Synaptonemal complexes of Xenopus laevis.
abstract: Synaptonemal complexes (SCs) have been analyzed in spread Xenopus spermatocytes and oocytes. They showed all the usual features of animal SCs in addition to a high incidence of centromere mismatching. A centriole pair is visible throughout zygotene and pachytene. At zygotene the ends of SCs are markedly thickened and are clustered at the nuclear periphery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Loidl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schweizer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D009865:Oocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013090:Spermatocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013573:Synaptonemal Complex; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000033:anatomy & histology*