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ArticleChromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology1994

Condensation behaviour of the human X chromosome in male germ cells and Sertoli cells examined by fluorescence in situ hybridization.

S Kofman-Alfaro, R M Speed, S Boyle, A C Chandley

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Article in Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology, 1994. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Combined immunocytogenetic and molecular cytogenetic analysis of meiosis I human spermatocytes.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 1996
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

S Kofman-AlfaroMRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital Edinburgh, UK.
R M Speed
S Boyle
A C Chandley
Western General Hospital · GBHospital General de México · MX

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The chromatin condensation behaviour of the human X chromosome has been studied by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis in germ cells and Sertoli cells of the adult testis, and comparisons are made with previous findings for the human Y chromosome and for chromosome 7. In meiotic prophase, the X chromosome can be seen to extend greatly at zygotene and to contract through pachytene into the sex vesicle. Such extension, which has also been noted for the human Y chromosome at this stage of meiosis, could be a prerequisite for XY pairing and crossing-over. By in situ hybridization analysis, the sex chromosomes of patients with 'Sertoli-cell-only' syndrome appear extremely contracted compared with the normally extended state of those in adult Sertoli cells of fertile men. By contrast, the state of expansion for chromosome 7 in Sertoli cells appears identical for sterile and fertile testes. This could suggest an association between gene-controlled germ cell losses and failure of expansion of the sex chromosome axes. The variable patterns of extension and contraction for the X and Y chromosome axes in germ cells and Sertoli cells might provide underlying clues to patterns of expression noted for sex-linked genes in the human testis.

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AdultBase SequenceChromosomes, Human, Pair 7HumansInfertility, MaleIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMaleMolecular Sequence DataOligonucleotide ProbesPolymerase Chain ReactionReference ValuesSertoli CellsSpermatozoaX ChromosomeY ChromosomeOligonucleotide Probes

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PMID7834220
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