Heterochromatin analysis in the fish species Liposarcus anisitsi (Siluriformes) and Leporinus elongatus (Characiformes)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Artoni, Roberto Ferreira ^a   Molina, Wagner Franco ^b   Bertollo, Luis Antonio Carlos ^c   Galetti Jr , Pedro Manoel ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; MITHRAMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FISH; GIEMSA STAIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALIA; ANOSTOMIDAE; CHARACIFORMES; LEPORINUS ELONGATUS; LIPOSARCUS; LIPOSARCUS ANISITSI; LORICARIIDAE; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 0032935913     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47571999000100009     Document Type: Article

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