Mitotic analysis of the North American white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus Richardson (Pisces, Acipenseridae), a fish with a very high chromosome number

Genome

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 266-271

  Van Eenennaam, A L ^a   Murray, J D ^a   Medrano, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C banding; Fish; Karyotype; Supernumerary chromosomes; White sturgeon

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CYTOGENETICS; KARYOTYPE; MITOSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; STURGEON;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 0031850122     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/gen-41-2-266     Document Type: Article

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