Genome sizes of spiders

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-290

  Gregory, T Ryan ^a,b   Shorthouse, D P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; DENSITOMETRY; GENOME; ONTARIO; PHYLOGENY; SPIDERS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARANEOMORPHAE; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0042430621     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esg070     Document Type: Article

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