Chromosome banding in amphibia: XXIV. The B chromosomes of Gastrotheca espeletia (Anura, Hylidae)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 205-218

  Schmid, M ^a   Ziegler, C G ^a   Steinlein, C ^a   Nanda, I ^a   Haaf, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CELL CYCLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME BAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FROG; GASTROTHECA ESPELETIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MITOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME NOR; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPING; TELOMERE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ESPELETIA; GASTROTHECA; HYLIDAE; METATHERIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHROMOSOME BANDING; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; TELOMERE;

EID: 0036044092     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066615     Document Type: Article

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