Abstract
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of thin sections of meiocytes embedded in plastic resin allows analysis of structures in meiotic nuclei, such as the synaptonemal complex, at very high resolution while preserving the spatial organization of chromosomes.
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Timofejeva, L. (2013). Preparing Thin Sections of Meiotic Nuclei for Transmission Electron Microscopy. In: Pawlowski, W., Grelon, M., Armstrong, S. (eds) Plant Meiosis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 990. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-333-6_17
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