Scanning electron microscopy of heterochromatin in chromosome spreads of male germ cells in Schistocerca gregaria (Acrididae, Orthoptera) after trypsinization

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 237-244

  Wolf, Klaus Werner ^a   Sumner, Adrian T ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C banding; chromatin structure; desert locust; meiosis; mitosis; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; HETEROCHROMATIN; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X CHROMOSOME;

ACRIDIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0029853838     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520299609117167     Document Type: Article

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