Karyotypic characterization and constitutive heterochromatin in the grasshopper Stiphra robusta (Orthoptera Proscopiidae)

Cytobios

Volumn 2000, Issue 398, 2000, Pages 137-144

  De Souza, Maria José ^a   De Moura, Rita De Cássia ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Constitutive heterochromatin; Fluorochromes; Grasshopper; Karyotype; Nucleolar organizer regions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRASSHOPPER; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; MALE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; MALE;

EID: 0346044441     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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