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Meiosis and spermatogenesis in G-Trisomic males

✍ Scribed by Schr�der, Jim ;Lydecken, Kivi ;Chapelle, Albert


Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1971
Weight
648 KB
Volume
13
Category
Article
ISSN
0018-7348

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✦ Synopsis


In 3 adult males with trisomy-G, Down's syndrome, the chromosomes were studied in spermatogonial mitoses and in the first meiotic division. The findings were similar in all cases and are here presented together. Of 8 spermatogonial mitoses of good quality, 4 had 46 chromosomes and 4 had 47 chromosomes. At diakinesis-metaphase I, 21°/o of the cells had 1 G-bivalent and 1 trivalent, 380/o had 2 bivalents and 1 G-univalent and in 41% 2 chromosomal elements composed of G-chromosomes were seen, but it was not possible to determine unequivocally whether 1 of them was a trivalent or not. From their morphology and from the spermatogonial chromosome counts it was tentatively concluded that at least some of them had only 2 G-bivalents. Premeiotic elimination of 1 G-group chromosome is a possible explanation of this phenomenon, The study of larger samples of spermatogonial mitoses should allow definitive conclusions to be made. --Different trivalent and univalent configurations were described. --Spermatogenesis was quantitatively assessed and found to be complete but of lesser magnitude than in a normal male. Spermatogenetic arrest was not noticed. As judged from histological sections of the testes, all 3 G-trisomie males would have to be considered fertile.


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