Localization of the (TTAGGG)n telomeric repeat in the chromosomes of the pufferfish Tetraodon fluviatilis (Hamilton Buchanan) (Osteichthyes)

Caryologia

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 155-157

  Mandrioli, Macro ^a   Cuoghi, Barbara ^a   Marini, Milena ^a   Manicardi, Gian Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Pufferfish; Telomere; Tetraodontiformes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008168007     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.1998.10589167     Document Type: Article

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