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. 2020 Mar 25;6(13):eaaz2129. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz2129

Fig. 2. Premature chromosome desynapsis and precocious pachytene exit in Skp1-deficient spermatocytes.

Fig. 2

(A) Tamoxifen treatment regimen in 8-week-old Skp1f/− Ddx4-CreERT2 males. (B) Testis weight of adult Skp1cKO males. (C to J) Histological analysis of control (C) and Skp1cKO (D to J) adult testes. Stage XII (C and D) and stage XI (E and F) tubules are shown. Please note that early-stage (I to VII) tubules from control and Skp1cKO testes at 2, 4, and 6 dpt contained round spermatids. Scale bar, 25 μm. Z, zygonema; D, diplonema; M, metaphase; ES, elongated spermatid; MNC, multinucleated giant cells. (K) Surface nuclear spread analysis of control and Skp1cKO spermatocytes. The plot shows the percentage of each type of spermatocytes. Scale bar, 10 μm.