C band variation in polytene chromosomes of Chironomus riparius (diptera, chironomidae) from a polluted Piedmont station (Italy)

Cytobios

Volumn 1996, Issue 362-363, 1997, Pages 139-151

  Michailova, P ^a   Ramella, L ^b   Sella, G ^b   Bovero, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

C banding; Chironomus riparius; Heterochromatin; Polymorphism; Polytene chromosomes; Position effect variegation

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROCHROMATIN; ITALY; SOIL POLLUTANT; TELOMERE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; ITALY; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031307041     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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