Orientation of nonrandomly segregating sex chromosomes in spermatocytes of the flea beetle, Alagoasa bicolor L.

Chromosoma

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-38

  Green Marroquin, B L ^b   Kupfer, H ^a   Virkki, N ^c   Wise, D A ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Valley College   (United States)

^c Agricultural Experiment Station   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CENTRIOLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOCYTE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALAGOASA BICOLOR; ALTICINI; ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0035030769     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120100129     Document Type: Article

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