Molecular cytogenetic analysis of the karyotype of the European Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser sturio

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Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 520-525

  Tagliavini, James ^a   Williot, Patrick ^b   Congiu, Leonardo ^c   Chicca, Milvia ^c   Lanfredi, Massimo ^c   Rossi, Remigio ^c   Fontana, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

28S and 5S rDNA; Acipenser; FISH; Karyotype; Sturgeon; Telomeric sequence

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NOR; DIGOXIGENIN; DNA PROBE; EUROPE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCING; KARYOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SILVER STAINING; TELOMERE;

ACIPENSER STURIO;

EID: 0033231583     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6886150     Document Type: Article

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