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Meiosis, I: Association of non-homologous bivalents during spermatogenesis in white mice

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In Feulgen sqaushes from control and EDTA pretreated seminiferous tubules of white mice, association of non-homologous chromosomes has been observed in pachytene, diplotene and in secondary spermatocyte nuclei. Without pretreatment, such associations are intimate whereas, after pretreatment, bridges between the bivalents. It is conjectured that:

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    the observed centers ofnon-homologous association might function inhomologous pairing and in coordinating spiralization within bivalents and that

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    ordered geometrical placement of bivalents with respect to each other and in relation to the whole nucleus might occur in all stages of spermatogenesis.

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Douglas, L.T. Meiosis, I: Association of non-homologous bivalents during spermatogenesis in white mice. Genetica 37, 466–480 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01547149

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