Achiasmate segregation of X and B univalents in males of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans is independent of previous association

Chromosome Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-48

  Lopez Leon M D ^a   Cabrero, J ^a   Camacho, J P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Achiasmate segregation; B chromosome; Eyprepocnemis plorans; Heterologous; Homologous; Meiosis; Preferential segregation

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIDS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX CHROMOSOMES; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; EYPREPOCNEMIS PLORANS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0030030056     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02254944     Document Type: Article

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