The nucleotypic effects of cellular DNA content in cartilaginous and ray-finned fishes

Genome

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 683-706

  Hardie, David C ^a,b   Hebert, Paul D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell size; DNA content; Erythrocyte size; Evolution; Fishes; Genome size; Nucleotypic effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; DNA; ERYTHROCYTES; FISHES; GENOME; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACTINOPTERYGII; CHONDRICHTHYES; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141563296     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g03-040     Document Type: Article

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