Repetitive DNA components of the large Hydromantes genome: Phylogenetic and molecular aspects

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-139

  Nardi, Irma ^a   Batistoni, Renata ^a   Marracci, Silvia ^a   Lanza, Benedetto ^b  

^a Laboratori di Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genome size; Hydromantes; Phylogenetic relationships; Plethodontidae; Repetitive DNA; Urodela

Indexed keywords

GENOME ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; REPETITIVE DNA; TAXONOMY;

HYDROMANTES;

EID: 0032852695     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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