Karyotype, nucleolus organiser regions and constitutive heterochromatin in Ostrea angasi (Molluscae: Bivalvia): Evidence of taxonomic relationships within the ostreidae

Marine Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 443-448

  Li, X X ^a,b   Havenhand, J N ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSTREA ANGASI;

EID: 0031042675     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050031     Document Type: Article

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