Figure 1. Example of human spermatocyte in pachytene stage.

Figure 1

Example of human spermatocyte in pachytene stage. Chromosome bivalents are paired with 22 mature autosomal synaptonemal complexes (red) and sex chromosomes (marked X and Y). Centromeres are shown in blue (CREST). The MLH1 foci (yellow) indicate recombination sites. A color version of this figure may be viewed at http://www.Eurekah.com.

From: Cytogenetics of Human Sperm

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