Constitutive heterochromatin, NOR location and FISH in the grasshopper Xyleus angulatus (Romaleidae)

Caryologia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-80

  Souza, M J ^a   Rufas, J S ^b   Orellana, J ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

FISH; Grasshopper; Heterochromatin; NORs

Indexed keywords

ROMALEIDAE;

EID: 0006469148     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.1998.10589122     Document Type: Article

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