Silver staining of synaptonemal complexes in surface-spread spermatocytes of fallow deer (Dama dama L.).
Surface-spread spermatocytes of the fallow deer were examined by light microscopy after silver staining. The development and behaviour of synaptonemal complexes and the partial synapsis of the X and Y chromosomes were investigated during leptotene to diplotene chromosome pairing.
Fontana
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Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ferrara, Italy.
Giunta
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C
Goldoni
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D
Rubini
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D000818:Animals; D003670:Deer / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D012730:Sex Chromosomes; D016622:Silver Staining; D013090:Spermatocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013573:Synaptonemal Complex