Patterns of DNase I sensitivity in the chromosomes of the grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus (Orthoptera)

Chromosome Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-60

  De La Torre, J ^a   Herrero, P ^a   Garcia de la Vega C ^a   Sumner, A T ^b   Gosalvez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chorthippus parallelus; Chromosome organization; DNase I sensitivity

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CHORTHIPPUS PARALLELUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0030071514     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02254946     Document Type: Article

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