Meiotic recombination and germ cell aneuploidy

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 192-210

  Ferguson, Lynnette R ^a   Allen, James W ^b   Mason, James M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Meiosis; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ANEUPLOIDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; TRISOMY;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORECASTING; GERM CELLS; HEAT; HUMANS; ISOMERASES; KINETOCHORES; MEIOSIS; MUTAGENS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TRISOMY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGI; MELANOGASTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029847986     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1996)28:3<192::AID-EM5>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Conference Paper

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