Polymorphism of the nucleolus organizer region (NOR) on the putative sex chromosomes of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) is not sex related

Chromosome Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-227

  Reed, Kent M ^a   Phillips, Ruth B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic char; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Heterochromatin; Lake trout; Nucleolus organizer region; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CYTOGENETICS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; FISH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEX CHROMOSOME; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT; TROUT;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TROUT; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 0030860419     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018411417816     Document Type: Article

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