Meiosis in holocentric chromosomes: Kinetic activity is randomly restricted to the chromatid ends of sex univalents in Graphosoma italicum (Heteroptera)

Chromosome Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 124-132

  González García, José M ^a   Antonio, Carmen ^a   Suja, José A ^a   Rufas, Julio S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromosome segregation; Holocentric chromosomes; Meiosis; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN; DISTAMYCIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KINETICS; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SISTER CHROMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIDS; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INSECTS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; SEX CHROMATIN; SILVER STAINING; SPERMATOCYTES; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030028682     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02259705     Document Type: Article

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