Conventional karyotype, nucleolar organizer regions and genome size in five Mediterranean species of Syngnathidae (Pisces, Syngnathiformes)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 677-687

  Vitturi, R ^a   Libertini, A ^b   Campolmi, M ^c   Calderazzo, F ^d   Mazzola, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Mediterranean Sea; Silver stained chromosomes; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME NOR; CYTOGENETICS; DIPLOIDY; GENOME ORGANIZATION; KARYOTYPE; NUCLEOLUS;

HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS; NEROPHIS OPHIDION; SYNGNATHUS ABASTER;

EID: 0032053873     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0614     Document Type: Article

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