Moth sex chromatin probed by comparative genomic hybridization (CGH)

Genome

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 339-342

  Sahara, Ken ^a   Marec, František ^b   Eickhoff, Ulrike ^c   Traut, Walther ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative genomic hybridization; Lepidoptera; Molecular evolution; W chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MITOSIS; MOTHS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYPLOIDY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX CHROMATIN; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; BOMBYX MORI; EPHESTIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INSECTA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0038247867     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g03-003     Document Type: Article

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