Further studies on bivalent chiasma frequency in human males with normal karyotypes

Abstract

Previously unpublished data on the chiasma frequency of individual bivalents identified by a triple staining technique are presented for four males. The total autosomal cell chiasma frequency and sex chromosome univalence frequency are also given for these males and for three others. All seven males had apparently normal 46,XY karyotypes and normal spermatogenesis. The extent of inter-individual variation in cell and bivalent chiasma frequency and the gross relationship between chromosome length and chiasma frequency are discussed.