Evidence of the differentiated structural arrangement of constitutive heterochromatin between two populations of Astyanax scabripinnis (Pisces, Characidae)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 536-542

  Mantovani, Monique ^a   dos Santos Abel, Luciano Douglas ^a   Mestriner, Carlos Alberto ^a   Moreira Filho, Orlando ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Base specific fluorochromes; Chromosome structure; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Heterochromatin heterogeneity; Satellite DNA

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; FLUOROCHROME; GUANINE; SATELLITE DNA; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FISH; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY;

ASTYANAX SCABRIPINNIS; CHARACIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 11344287654     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572004000400012     Document Type: Article

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