Chromosomes of the lancelet Branchiostoma belcheri Gray

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 683-686

  Saotome, Kyoko ^a   Ojima, Yoshio ^b  

^a Yokohama City Institute of Health   (Japan)

^b Japan Marine Science College   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI;

EID: 0035535930     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.683     Document Type: Article

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