Synaptic behaviour of some structural and numerical chromosome anomalies in female and male rats (Rattus norvegicus) I. Martínez-Flores1,2, J. Egozcue1,2, Ll. Cabero3 and M. Garcia1,2. 1Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, 2Institut de Biologia Fonamental "V.Villar Palasí" and 3Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Campus of Bellaterra, Bellaterra,Barcelona, Spain Offprint requests to: M. Garcia, Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Campus de Bellaterra, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. e-mail: biolmed@cc.uab.es
Summary. The processes of synapsis and synaptic adjustment
have been detected in some structural and numerical anomalies
in two female rat foetuses and in one male rat in the course of
a study on X-ray genotoxicity. Key words: Meiosis, Synaptic adjustment, Synaptonemal
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