Lampbrush chromosomes and chiasmata of sex-reversed crested newts

Chromosoma

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 526-533

  Wallace, H ^a   Wallace, B M N ^a   Badawy, G M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SALAMANDER; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SPERMATOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; TRITURUS;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 0031471773     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050275     Document Type: Article

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