Geographical distribution of B chromosomes in the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans, along a river basin, is mainly shaped by non-selective historical events

Chromosome Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 194-198

  Cabrero, J ^a   Lopez Leon M D ^a   Gomez R ^b   Castro, A J ^a   Martin Alganza A ^a,c   Camacho, J P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b ETS de Ingenieros Agronomos   (Spain)

^c Max Plank Inst F V   (Germany)

Author keywords

B chromosomes; Eyprepocnemis plorans; Grasshoppers; Selfish DNA

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SPAIN;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSHOPPERS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; EYPREPOCNEMIS PLORANS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0030825635     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018499015091     Document Type: Article

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