Identification and analysis of weak linear banding patterns of fish chromosomes with a computer-based densitometric method

BioTechniques

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 996-997

  Zhang, Quiyang ^a   Tiersch, Terrence R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATFISH; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031778644     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/98246bc01     Document Type: Short Survey

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