Comparative genome analysis in American marsupials: Chromosome banding and in-situ hybridization

Chromosome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 267-275

  Svartman, Marta ^a   Vianna Morgante, Angela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comparative cytogenetics; Didelphidae; Marsupials

Indexed keywords

DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME C BAND; CHROMOSOME G BAND; FEMALE; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PERICENTRIC CHROMOSOME INVERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; FEMALE; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 0032854177     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009274813921     Document Type: Article

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