Cytogenetics of the land snails Cantareus aspersus and C. mazzullii (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)

Micron

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-357

  Vitturi, Roberto ^a   Libertini, Angelo ^b   Sineo, Luca ^a   Sparacio, Ignazio ^a   Lannino, Antonella ^a   Gregorini, Armando ^c   Colomba, Mariastella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CYTOLOGY; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CYTOGENETICS; DNA ASSAYS; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (FISH); LAND SNAILS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CANTAREUS ASPERSA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PULMONATA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 17844381366     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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