The chromosome complement of male Chrysoperla rufilabris (Burmeister, 1839), with evidence of distance segregation in meiosis I

2025/07/28 by Valoria Maslin, Allison Eisenhauer, Leocadia V. Paliulis · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics #RNA Interference and Gene Delivery #Sperm and Testicular Function

paper · doi:10.17912/micropub.biology.001770

openalex publication_date 2025/07/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/04 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

were isolated and prepared following a chromosome squash method. Living meiosis I spermatocytes were also imaged. The data revealed a chromosome number of 2n=12 in males (2n=10+XY) and evidence of distance segregation of X and Y chromosomes in meiosis I spermatocytes.

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