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Some cytologic aspects of meiosis in female guinea pig

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Cytogenetic preparations from young, adult, random bred female guinea pig oocytes were made on days 5–8 of vaginal cycles with an in vitro technique. First meiotic metaphase was harvested at 8 hours and second meiotic metaphase at 14 hours. The mean chiasmata count per bivalent was 1.035. A microscopic appearance suggesting lampbrushing was seen in some metaphase I bivalents.

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    Georgiana M. Jagiello

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Jagiello, G.M. Some cytologic aspects of meiosis in female guinea pig. Chromosoma 27, 95–101 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00326113

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