Polytene chromosomes as tools in the genetic analysis of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata

Genetica

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-71

  Gariou Papalexiou, A ^a   Gourzi, P ^a   Delprat, A ^a   Kritikou, D ^a   Rapti, K ^a   Chrysanthakopoulou, B ^a   Mintzas, A ^a   Zacharopoulou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Diptera; Polytene chromosomes; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; SALIVARY GLAND; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC MARKERS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0036761290     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020959608886     Document Type: Article

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