Abstract
Examination of living spermatid nuclei of Gryllus domesticus has revealed the presence of the same structures, the X chromosome, the round body and the axial core structures, which have been described from electron microscopic observations. The outer ribbons of the axial core structures and the round body are composed of 100 A fibres indiscernible from and often continuous with the fibres composing the X chromosome. That the outer ribbons of the axial core structures and the round body are chromosomal is further substantiated by the results of cytochemical examinations of formaldehyde fixed material which show that the axial core structures and the round body contain RNA, DNA and basic protein. Neither acetic acid-ethanol nor cold ethanol fixation preserve the round body and the axial core structures suggesting that a protein may be responsible for maintenance of the central core structure. The central core structures are always found in close association with condensed chromatin in regions where the chromosome elements are about 1000 A apart, suggesting that the relative state of condensation of the chromatin and the spacial relationship between condensed regions may be two of the chief factors concerned in central core formation. Maintainance of the condensed state of the chromatin, however, may in turn depend upon central core integrity.
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