Sex body: A nest of protein mixture
During the pachytene stage in mammalian meiosis, the X and Y chromosomes remain largely unsynapsed outside the pseudoautosomal region, while autosomes are fully synapsed. Then, the sex chromosomes are compartmentalized into a “sex body” in the nucleus and are subjected to meiotic sex chromosome inac...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-04-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2023.1165745/full |