Synaptonemal Complexes (IMAGE)

University of Würzburg

Synaptonemal Complexes

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Left two sperm-forming cells expanded with ExM-SIM and imaged with a diffraction limited microscope. On the right, a detailed 3D image of a single synaptonemal complex. The 3D information is colour-coded, the measuring bar on the left corresponds to 25 micrometres, the bar on the right to three micrometres.

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(Picture: Working groups Benavente and Sauer / University of Wuerzburg)

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