The genome of Epiperipatus biolleyi (Peripatidae), a Costa Rican onychophoran

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 153-157

  Mora, Marielos ^a   Herrera, Alvaro ^a   León, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

C value; Cytogenetics; Evolution; Onychophorans; Repeated DNA families

Indexed keywords

EID: 21144448810     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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