Chromosomes of Brants’ whistling rat and genome conservation in the Otomyinae revealed by G-banding and fluorescence in situ hybridization

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 216-220

  Rambau, R V ^a   Harrison, W R ^b   Elder, F F B ^b   Robinson, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME C BAND; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; DIPLOIDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICE; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; OTOMYINAE; OTOMYS IRRORATUS; OTOMYS UNISULCATUS; PAROTOMYS BRANTSII; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031445054     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134660     Document Type: Article

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