Genomic dispersion of 28S rDNA during karyotypic evolution in the ant genus Myrmecia (Formicidae)

Chromosoma

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 190-196

  Hirai, Hirohisa ^a   Yamamoto, Masa Toshi ^b   Taylor, Robert W ^c   Imai, Hirotami T ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S;

ANT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME; KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0029811353     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02509500     Document Type: Article

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