Regulatory complexity revealed by integrated cytological and RNA-seq analyses of meiotic substages in mouse spermatocytes

Table 1 Immunolabeling criteria for cell types and meiotic substages

Substages	SYCP3	γH2AX	STRA8	H1T
Spermatogonia^a	None	Negative	Positive	Negative
Preleptonema	Patches	Negative	Positive	Negative
Early Leptonema	Patches	Positive	Positive	Negative
Late Leptonema	Fine foci	Positive	Weakly positive	Negative
Zygonema	Partially paired	Patches	Negative	Negative
Early Pachynema	Paired	Restricted to XY body	Negative	Negative
Late Pachynema	Paired	Restricted to XY body	Negative	Positive
Diplonema	Partially dissociated	Restricted to XY body	Negative	Positive

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