title: Analyzing meiotic chromosomes in rice.
abstract: Development of techniques to analyze pachytene chromosomes has greatly overcome most of the difficulties in cytological studies of rice chromosomes caused by their small size. Visualization of meiotic chromosomes has now become routine in cytogenetic studies in this species. This chapter provides protocols on basic meiotic chromosome preparation, FISH analysis, and immunocytology in rice.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Zhukuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D032461:Chromosomes, Plant; D055993:Germ Cells, Plant; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D008540:Meiosis / Q000235:genetics*; D012275:Oryza / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics*