reproductive system
• at 8 weeks of age
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azoospermia
(
J:139646
)
• male mice lack post-meiotic germ cells
|
• assembly of the synaptonemal complex is impaired and meiotic recombination in sperm does not occur
• during meiosis, many spermatocytes exhibit premature chromosome condensation unlike in wild-type sperm
• during metaphase, spermatocytes form 40 univalent chromosomes instead of form 19 bivalents (plus X and Y) unlike in wild-type sperm
|
• despite spermatocytes entering into DNA replication and meiosis, mice possess mostly preleptotene spermatocytes
|
• at 8 weeks of age
|
endocrine/exocrine glands
• at 8 weeks of age
|
cellular
• at 8 weeks of age
|
azoospermia
(
J:139646
)
• male mice lack post-meiotic germ cells
|
• assembly of the synaptonemal complex is impaired and meiotic recombination in sperm does not occur
• during meiosis, many spermatocytes exhibit premature chromosome condensation unlike in wild-type sperm
• during metaphase, spermatocytes form 40 univalent chromosomes instead of form 19 bivalents (plus X and Y) unlike in wild-type sperm
|
• despite spermatocytes entering into DNA replication and meiosis, mice possess mostly preleptotene spermatocytes
|