New Data on the Synaptic Process of Mesocricetus Auratus: Connecting Fibers, Telomere Association and Heterosynapsis

Overview

Journal Genetica

Specialties Cell Biology
Genetics

Date 1987 Oct 15

PMID 3506530

Citations 3

Authors

M Guitart

M Ponsa

M D Coll

J Egozcue

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Abstract

The progression of the prophase-I stage in Syrian hamster spermatocytes has been studied at different ages, from 12 to 41 days after birth. Two stages, leptotene and diplotene, were identified, which had not previously been described in the Syrian hamster using spreading techniques. The most interesting observations are the presence of heterosynapses and telomere associations in 2.5% of the cells studied, and of nucleolar filaments also in 2.5%. Connecting fibers are structures that establish different types of bridges between two or three synaptonemal complexes (SCs) or between the elements of a single SC. Heterosynapses and telomere associations consist in the partial pairing of the terminal regions of non-homologous lateral elements. These phenomena can be observed both in the autosomes and in the sex chromosomes.

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