Chromosome polymorphism in Ctenomys minutus (Rodentia-Octodontidae)

Brazilian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  De Freitas, Thales Renato O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KARYOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; CTENOMYS MINUTUS; OCTODONTIDAE; ROBERTSONIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031004995     PISSN: 01008455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-84551997000100001     Document Type: Article

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