Mapping variation in chromosome homologues of different Giardia strains

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 135-143

  Upcroft, Jacqueline A ^a   Chen, Nanhua ^a   Upcroft, Peter ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

chromosome mapping; Giardia; linked markers; partial restriction endonuclease cleavages; sequence tagged sites; strain comparison

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0029999086     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02554-5     Document Type: Article

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