Analysis of the synaptonemal complex of the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus

The synaptonemal complex (SC) of three specimens of the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) was analyzed. Thirty-two bivalents (2n = 64) were observed, 31 of them being autosomes and one an XY sexual bivalent. Chromosome synapsis processes and nucleolus structure changes were analyzed in zy...

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Main Authors: Márcia Denise da Paixão Scavone, Claudio Oliveira, Eduardo Bagagli, Fausto Foresti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2000-09-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572000000300020