Heterochromatin of maize chromosomes: Structure and genetic effects

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1015-1019

  De Aguiar Perecin, Margarida L R ^a   Fluminhan, Antonio ^a,b   Dos Santos Serejo, Janay A ^a   Gardingo, José R ^a,c   Bertão, Mônica R ^a,d   Decico, Maria Juliana U ^a   Mondin, Mateus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE PAULISTA UNOESTE   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MAIZE; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; STAINING; TISSUE CULTURE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034431947     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572000000400047     Document Type: Article

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