Karyotype variability in Trypanosoma cruzi

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 108-114

  Henriksson, Jan ^a   Åslund, Lena ^a   Pettersson, Ulf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0342624742     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)80670-3     Document Type: Article

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