Drug therapy is warranted for many dogs with liver disease. Glucocorticoids (âsteroidsâ) have been used to prolong survival times in dogs with liver disease due to their anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties, although their use and appropriate dosage protocols are somewhat controversial.
chiasma. pl. chiasmata [L., Gr.] chiasm; in genetics, the points at which members of a chromosome pair are in contact during the prophase of meiosis and because of which recombination, or crossing over, occurs on separation.
non-sister chromatids wrap around each other very tightly and attach at points called chiasmata. the chromosomes may break at these points. the broken ends of the chromatids rejoin to the ends of non-sister chromatids in the same bivalent.