Cytogenetic and molecular studies in a lungfish, Protopterus annectens (Osteichthyes, Dipnoi)

Gene

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 279-287

  Morescalchi, Maria A ^a   Rocco, Lucia ^a   Stingo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosome banding; Dipnoan; Flow cytometry; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Karyotype; Lungfish; Osteichthyes

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SATELLITE DNA;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA CONTENT; DNA EXTRACTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISH; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; FEMALE; FISHES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE;

AMPHIBIA; COELACANTHIMORPHA; DIPNOI; ENTOVALVA; LEPIDOSIREN; NEOCERATODUS; OSTEICHTHYES; PISCES; PROTOPTERUS; PROTOPTERUS ANNECTENS; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037036933     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00755-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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