Cytogenetic analysis of four central Amazonian species of Colostethus (Anura - Dendrobatidae) with a diploid complement of 22 chromosomes

Hereditas

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-198

  Veiga Menoncello, Ana Cristina P ^a   Lima, Albertina P ^b   Recco Pimentel, Shirlei M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; C BANDING; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CYTOGENETICS; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FROGS AND TOADS; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; COLOSTETHUS; COLOSTETHUS MARCHESIANUS; DENDROBATIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 1042304305     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2003.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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