Effects of restriction endonucleases on nucleolar organizing regions in the ant Tapinoma nigerrimum

Genome

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 872-875

  Lorite, P ^a   Palomeque, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromosome banding; Formicidae; NORs; rDNA; Restriction endonucleases

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; GENETIC MODEL; NUCLEOLAR ORGANIZING REGION; RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; TAPINOMA NIGERRIMUM;

EID: 0032448730     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/gen-41-6-872     Document Type: Article

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