reproductive system
small testis
(
J:138779
)
• about 35% smaller than controls
|
• about a 40% reduction in the number of sperm
|
• decrease in the number of mature spermatids
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• C-banded metaphase II chromosomes show 40 individual chromatids compared to 20 chromosomes in wild-type controls
|
• a very high percentage of cells are arrested at metaphase II
• during meiosis II sister chromatids are not held together at the centromeres and fail to congress to a typical metaphase II plate
• loss of sister kinetochore cohesion during the metaphase/anaphase I transition
• however, axial/lateral elements and synaptonemal complex formation are normal
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behavior/neurological
N |
• no evidence of sexual behavior dysfunction is detected
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cellular
N |
• no significant differences are seen in proliferation rate, mitotic index, stress induced proliferative arrest, incidence of chromatid cohesion defects, or spindle assembly checkpoint function in mutant MEFs compared to wild-type MEFs
|
• about a 40% reduction in the number of sperm
|
• decrease in the number of mature spermatids
|
• C-banded metaphase II chromosomes show 40 individual chromatids compared to 20 chromosomes in wild-type controls
|
• however, axial/lateral elements and synaptonemal complex formation are normal
• a very high percentage of cells are arrested at metaphase II
• during meiosis II sister chromatids are not held together at the centromeres and fail to congress to a typical metaphase II plate
• loss of sister kinetochore cohesion during the metaphase/anaphase I transition
|
endocrine/exocrine glands
small testis
(
J:138779
)
• about 35% smaller than controls
|