Sex chromosomes pairing in two Arvicolidae species: Microtus nivalis and Arvicola sapidus

Hereditas

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 114-121

  Megías Nogales, Belen ^b   Marchal, Juan A ^a   Acosta, Manuel J ^a   Bullejos, Mónica ^a   Díaz De La Guardia, Rafael ^b   Sánchez Baca, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARVICOLA SAPIDUS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAMMAL; METAPHASE; MICROTUS NIVALIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMORPHY; RODENT; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOCYTES; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; ARVICOLA SAPIDUS; ARVICOLINAE; CHIONOMYS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MICROTUS NIVALIS; PACHYNEMA; RODENTIA;

EID: 10744231310     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5223.2003.01717.x     Document Type: Article

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