Sex-chromosome heterochromatin variation in the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 186-190

  Nova P ^a   Reutter, B A ^b   Rabova M ^c   Zima, J ^a,d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; C BANDING; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEX CHROMOSOME; TAXONOMY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MURIDAE;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS;

ANIMALS; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MURIDAE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036049331     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063033     Document Type: Article

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