Classical and molecular cytogenetics of the pufferfish Tetraodon nigroviridis

Chromosome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 655-662

  Grützner, Frank ^a   Lütjens, Götz ^a   Rovira, Carlos ^b   Barnes, David W ^c   Ropers, Hans Hilger ^a   Haaf, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ATCC   (United States)

Author keywords

FISH; Fugu rubripes; Heterochromatin; Huntingtin; NOR; Pufferfish; Replication banding; Tetraodon nigroviridis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CYTOGENETICS; FISH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FISHES; KARYOTYPING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODON NIGROVIRIDIS; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0033407438     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009292220760     Document Type: Article

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