Heterochromatin accumulation and karyotypic evolution in some dipteran insects

Zoological Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-88

  Baimai, Visut ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Constitutive heterochromatin; Cytotaxonomy; Dipteran insects; Karyotypic evolution; Mitotic chromosomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006486340     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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