Cytogenetic analysis of a self-fertilizing fish, Rivulus marmoratus: Remarkable chromosomal constancy over a vast geographic range

Genome

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 945-949

  Sola, L ^a   Marzovillo, M ^a   Rossi, A R ^a   Gornung, E ^a   Bressanello, S ^a   Turner, B J ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Hermaphrodite killifish; Heterochromatin; NORs

Indexed keywords

RIVULUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 0031423705     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g97-121     Document Type: Article

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