Patterns of puffing activity in the salivary gland polytene chromosomes of the medfly Ceratitis capitata, during larval and prepupal development

Genome

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 919-929

  Gariou Papalexiou, Angeliki ^a   Chrysanthis, George ^a   Mintzas, Anastassios C ^a   Zacharopoulou, Antigone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Ecdysone; Polytene chromosomes; Puffing patterns

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME MORPHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ECDYSONE; GENE LOCUS; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PUPATION;

CERATITIS CAPITATA;

EID: 0033452195     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g99-016     Document Type: Article

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