High heterochromatin content in somatic chromosomes of two unrelated species of Diplopoda (Myriapoda)

Chromosome Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 407-412

  Vitturi, R ^a   Colomba, M S ^a   Caputo, V ^b   Sparacio, I ^a   Barbieri, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acanthopetalum sicanum; Chromosome banding; Diplopoda; Enologus oxypygum; Heterochromatin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME C BAND; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; HETEROCHROMATIN; INVERTEBRATE; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CHROMOSOMES; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HETEROCHROMATIN; INDOLES; KARYOTYPING; MALE; STAINING AND LABELING;

CALLIPODIDA; DIPLOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; JULIDA; MYRIAPODA;

EID: 0030732398     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018400510064     Document Type: Article

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