| Literature DB >> 1879828 |
R M Speed1, M J Faed, P J Batstone, K Baxby, W Barnetson.
Abstract
Studies of spermatogenesis in an XYY male, presenting at a subfertility clinic, confirm the tendency for the germ cells to lose the second Y chromosome but for some XYY cells to reach metaphase I (MI). Light microscope studies of MI revealed the presence of YY bivalents and EM studies of microspread, silver-stained pachytene stages showed 30% of the cells to have two Y chromosomes; 13 out of 16 of these showing a YY synaptonemal complex. Strikingly, the Y axes show only partial synapsis; in no case was synapsis of the long arm heterochromatic regions apparent.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1879828 DOI: 10.1007/bf00197159
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Genet ISSN: 0340-6717 Impact factor: 4.132