A technique to obtain fibroblast cells from skin biopsies of living bats(Chiroptera) for cytogenetic studies

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 128-130

  Moratelli, Ricardo ^a   De Moraes Andrade, Cláudio ^b   Azevedo De Armada, Jorge Luís ^c  

^a UF Rural RJ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Veterinaria   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Biologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bats; Cell culture; Chiroptera; Cytogenetics

Indexed keywords

ETHER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BAT; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOGENETICS; FIBROBLAST; KARYOTYPING; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; SKIN BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHIROPTERA; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FIBROBLASTS; SKIN;

EID: 1842845007     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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