Ribosomal DNA location in the scarab beetle Thorectes intermedius (Costa) (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) using banding and fluorescent in-situ hybridization

Chromosome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 255-260

  Vitturi, R ^a   Colomba, M S ^a   Barbieri, R ^a   Zunino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosome banding; Coleoptera; rDNA FISH; Scarabaeoidaea; Thorectes intermedius

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN A3; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME NOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; GEOTRUPIDAE; SCARABAEIDAE; THORECTES; THORECTES INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 0032866178     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009270613012     Document Type: Article

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