Genome sizes of the entomopathogenic nematodes Steinernema carpocapsae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Nematoda: Rhabditida)

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 497-501

  Grenier, E ^a   Catzeflis, F M ^b   Abad, P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

C0t curves; DNA complexity; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Steinernema carpocapsae

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; GENOME; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACID RENATURATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RHABDITOIDEA;

EID: 0030940235     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182096008736     Document Type: Article

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