M chromosome of the wild silkworm, Bombyx mandarina (n = 27), corresponds to two chromosomes in the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori (n = 28)

Genome

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 96-101

  Banno, Yutaka ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Nagashima, Eiichi ^b   Fujii, Hiroshi ^a   Doira, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mandarina; Bombyx mori; Chromosome dimorphism; Karyotype; Linkage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; GENETICS; JAPAN; KARYOTYPING; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSES, GENETIC; JAPAN; KARYOTYPING;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MANDARINA; BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; MANDARINA;

EID: 1942424109     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g03-112     Document Type: Article

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