Somatic pairing, endomitosis and chromosome aberrations in snakes (Viperidae and Colubridae)

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-300

  Beçak, Maria Luiza ^a   Beçak, Willy ^a   Pereira, Alexandre ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosome positioning; Diplochromosomes; Endomitosis; Snakes; Somatic pairing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS JARARACA; CAUDATA; COLUBRIDAE; GONIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0141791205     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652003000300004     Document Type: Article

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