C-heterochromatin and extra (B) chromosome distribution in six species of the Nabis (Heteroptera, Nabidae) with the modal male karyotype 2n = 16 + XY

Folia Biologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 13-21

  Grozeva, Snejana ^a   Nokkala, Seppo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

B chromosomes; C heterochromatin; Heteroptera; Holokinetic chromosomes; Nabis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HETEROPTERA; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NABIS; NONHUMAN; SEX CHROMOSOME; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HETEROPTERA; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS;

HETEROPTERA; INSECTA; NABIDAE; NABIS; NABIS LIMBATUS;

EID: 10744221867     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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