Trends in nuclear DNA content among amphibians and reptiles

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 601-605

  MacCulloch, Ross D ^a   Upton, Darlene E ^a   Murphy, Robert W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

amphibians; crypsis; DNA content; flow cytometry; intraspecific variation; nuclear DNA; ploidy; reptiles

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA CONTENT; ERYTHROCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029864785     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02033-0     Document Type: Article

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