Genome size estimates for two important freshwater molluscs, the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and the schistosomiasis vector snail (Biomphalaria glabrata)

Genome

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 841-844

  Gregory, T Ryan ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Densitometry; DNA content; DNA sequencing; Feulgen; Great Lakes; Image analysis; Invading species; Molluscs; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; BIVALVIA; DENSITOMETRY; GENOME; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTHROPODA; BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344064934     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g03-069     Document Type: Article

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