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. 2015 Mar 24;5:9435. doi: 10.1038/srep09435

Figure 2. Light microscopy of metaphase spreads of primary spermatocytes.

Figure 2

(a–d) Giemsa-stained meiotic chromosomes in primary spermatocytes of Phodopus campbelli (a) and F1 hybrids (b–d). MI spermatocytes with terminally associated X and Y chromosomes (a, b, arrows). MI spermatocyte with dissociated X and Y chromosomes (c). X and Y chromosomes are indicated by X and Y, respectively. Degenerated MI-like spermatocyte with heteropycnotic autosomes and a lightly stained univalent X chromosome (d). Scale bars represent 20 μm.