Modes of spontaneous chromosomal mutation and karyotype evolution in ants with reference to the minimum interaction hypothesis

the japanese journal of genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 159-185

  Hirotami, T Imai ^a   Robert, W Taylor ^b   Michael, W J Crosland ^c   Ross, H Crozier ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b CSIRO ENTOMOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MUTATION;

ANIMAL; ANTS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; INVERSION (GENETICS); KARYOTYPING; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSLOCATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0023985965     PISSN: 0021504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/jjg.63.159     Document Type: Article

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