Abortive conjugation induced by UV-B irradiation at meiotic prophase in Tetrahymena thermophila

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-157

  Kobayashi, Takashi ^a   Endoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abortive conjugation; Meiotic prophase; Tetrahymena thermophila; UV B

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONJUGATION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; RADIATION DOSE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; MEIOSIS; PROPHASE; REPRODUCTION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0031716998     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)23:2<151::AID-DVG7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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