C-banding pattern and nucleolar organizer regions of amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense Tchang et Koo, 1936

Genetica

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-105

  Zhang, Shicui ^a   Wang, Changliu ^a,b   Chu, Jiansong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Branchiostoma; C banding; NORs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME NOR; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; KARYOTYPING; METAPHASE;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; METAPHASE; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION;

BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842587649     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GENE.0000019939.38428.e5     Document Type: Article

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