Use of fluorochromes chromomycin A3 and DAPI to study constitutive heterochromatin and NORs in four species of bats (Phyllostomidae)

Caryologia

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 265-278

  Santos, Neide ^a   de Souza, Maria José ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artibeus; Chromosomes; Constitutive heterochromatin; Fluorochromes; NORs; Phyllostomus

Indexed keywords

ARTIBEUS; ARTIBEUS CINEREUS; ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; ARTIBEUS LITURATUS; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMUS; PHYLLOSTOMUS DISCOLOR;

EID: 0001664495     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.1998.10797418     Document Type: Article

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