Sex chromosome differentiation in some species of Lepidoptera (Insecta)

Chromosome Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 283-291

  Traut, Walther ^a   Marec, František ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Heterochromatin; Pachytene mapping; Sex chromatin; W chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; X CHROMATIN;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; METAPHASE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROPTERIX CALTHELLA;

EID: 0030768204     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CHRO.0000038758.08263.c3     Document Type: Article

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