Standardization of the channel catfish karyotype with localization of constitutive heterochromatin and restriction enzyme banding

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 551-559

  Zhang, Quiyang ^a,b   Tiersch, Terrence R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CATFISH; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME NOR; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; RESTRICTION ENZYME BANDING;

GENETICS; LABORATORY METHOD;

ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; PISCES;

EID: 0031855447     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1998)127<0551:SOTCCK>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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