High-resolution analysis of karyotypes prepared from different tissues of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-120

  Zhang, Q ^a   Yu, G ^a   Cooper, R K ^a   Tiersch, T R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromomere bands; Crassostrea virginica; Karyotype; Microdensitometry

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MORPHOLOGY; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GENE MAPPING; HAPLOIDY; KARYOTYPE; MICRODENSITOMETRY; MITOSIS;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA;

EID: 0032803140     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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