title: Synaptonemal complexes of the common shrew, Sorex araneus L., in spermatocyte spreads.
abstract: This paper presents an electron microscopic analysis of the behavior and morphology of the sex chromosomes and autosomes during prophase I in the common shrew, Sorex araneus L. The pairing patterns of the X/Y1Y2 and autosomal Robertsonian trivalents are described.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, USSR.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Borodin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D011418:Prophase; D012788:Shrews / Q000235:genetics*; D013090:Spermatocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013573:Synaptonemal Complex