Ribosomal DNA in a supernumerary chromosome segment of the grasshopper Oedipoda fuscocincta confirms its origin by translocation

Hereditas

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-18

  Cabrero, Josefa ^a   López León, Ma Dolores ^a   Camacho, Juan Pedro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME; GRASSHOPPER; NONHUMAN; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME;

INSECTA; OEDIPODA; OEDIPODA FUSCOCINCTA;

EID: 0031769277     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1998.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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