Cytogenetics of the razor clam Solen marginatus (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Solenidae)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-46

  Fernandez Tajes J ^a   Gonzalez Tizon A ^a   Martinez Lage A ^a   Mendez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CHROMOMYCIN A3; DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; CLAM; CYTOGENETICS; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; METABOLISM; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEN MARGINATUS; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; SOLEN; SOLEN MARGINATUS; SOLENIDAE;

EID: 0345017611     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073417     Document Type: Article

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