Distribution of heterochromatin on the mitotic chromosomes of Musca domestica L. in relation to the activity of male-determining factors

Chromosoma

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-271

  Hediger, Monika ^a   Niessen, Markus ^a   Müller Navia, Jutta ^b   Nöthiger, Rolf ^a   Dübendorfer, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME; EUCHROMATIN; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOUSE FLY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; SEX DETERMINATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOUSEFLIES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

INSECTA; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0031718871     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050307     Document Type: Article

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