Genetic and morphological approaches for the analysis of meiotic chromosomes in yeast

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 53, 1998, Pages 257-285

  Loidl, Josef ^a   Klein, Franz ^a   Engebrecht, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CYTOGENETICS; GENES, FUNGAL; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031961797     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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