The study evaluated neuroophthalmologic and computerized tomography (CT) findings in 100 patients with somatotrophic adenoma and clinical picture of acromegaly, who underwent transsphenoidal adenomectomy. Prior to the surgery, visual field was normal in 77 patients. The diameter of adenoma in these patients ranged from 8 to 30 mm on CT, and the average value was 13.5 mm. Various kinds of visual...

PREDICTION of genetic segregation ratios from polyploids and polysomics is usually complicated by the necessity of simultaneous estimation of crossover frequencies and frequencies of the modes of anaphase I distribution. In a special hyperploid maize stock, the frequency of chiasma formation in one arm of a trivalent configuration and the relative frequencies of disjunctive and nondisjunctive d...

eleven populations of five avena species were analysed for meiotic characters including chiasma frequency and distribution as well as chromosomal association and segregation. plants of a single population of a. eriantha showed the presence of 2n = 14 (diploid) and 2n = 4x = 28 chromosome number. populations of a. barbata and a. wiestii possessed n = 14, while populations of a. sterilis ssp. lud...

Ordered tetrad data yield information on chromatid interference, chiasma interference, and centromere locations. In this article, we show that the assumption of no chromatid interference imposes certain constraints on multilocus ordered tetrad probabilities. Assuming no chromatid interference, these constraints can be used to order markers under general chiasma processes. We also derive multilo...

In budding yeast, the ZMM complex is closely associated with class I crossovers and synaptonemal complex (SC) formation. However, the relationship between the ZMM genes remains unclear in most higher eukaryotes. Here, we identify the rice ZIP4 homolog, a member of the ZMM gene group, and explore its relationship with two other characterized ZMM genes, MER3 and ZEP1. Our results show that in the...

Pairing frequencies of a single telosome in groups of two, three, four, five and six equally related homoeologues were calculated for a range of values of c (the ratio of actual chiasma frequency to the total possible number of chiasmata, as described by Driscoll, Bielig and Darvey 1979). At low c values, the frequency of telosome pairing is little affected by the number of homoeologues. At hig...

The gross anatomy of the optic nerves and chiasma has been studied, and differences in the tension in the crossed and uncrossed fibres after chiasmal displacement have been investigated. The anterior and posterior attachments of the medial and lateral fibres of the nerves have been studied. The chiasma has been dissected under low power microscopy and a three dimensional picture of it developed...