Characterization of the heterochromatic chromosome regions in sheep

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-50

  Fernández García, Jose Luis ^a   Martínez Trancón, Margarita ^a   Rabasco, Araceli ^a   Padilla, Jose Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; X CHROMOSOME;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0344043496     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.73.45     Document Type: Article

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