Metamorphosis in Xenopus laevis is not associated with large-scale nuclear DNA content variation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 4473-4477

  Freeman, Jennifer L ^a   Rayburn, A Lane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Flow cytometry; Metamorphosis; Nuclei; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; VARIATION (GENETICS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 11444268047     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01304     Document Type: Article

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