Delayed response of QM- and DA/DAPI-fluorescence in C-heterochromatin of the small Japanese field mouse, Apodemus argenteus

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-64

  Obara, Yoshitaka ^a   Sasaki, Sanae ^a,b   Igarashi, Yu ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; FLUORESCENT DYE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MEPACRINE MUSTARD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOUSE; MURIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HETEROCHROMATIN; INDOLES; MICE; MURIDAE; QUINACRINE MUSTARD;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS ARGENTEUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE;

EID: 0031079608     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.57     Document Type: Article

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