Comparison of banded karyotypes between two subspecies of the red and white giant flying squirrelS Petaurista albomfus (Mammalia, Rodentia)

Caryologia

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 261-267

  Oshida, T ^a   Obara, Y ^b   Lin, L K ^a   Yoshida, M C ^c  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Banded karyotype; Constitutive heterochromatin; Nucleolus organizer regions; Petaurista alborufus; Red and white giant flying squirrel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039251763     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2000.10589204     Document Type: Article

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