Synaptonemal complex karyotype of zebrafish

Heredity

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 136-140

  Wallace, B M N ^a   Wallace, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Karyotype; Sex chromosomes; Synaptonemal complex; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

FISH; KARYOTYPE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0037301084     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800184     Document Type: Article

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