Karyotype of a Japanese salamander Hynobius katoi and its implication on breeding ecology (Amphibia: Caudata)

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 805-807

  Nishikawa, Kanto ^a   Matsui, Masafumi ^a   Kokuryo, Yasuhiro ^b   Misawa, Yasuchika ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Civil Engineering and Eco Technology Consultants ^*  (Japan)

^c Civil Engineering and Eco Technology Consultants   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breeding habit; Chromosome; Hynobius katoi; Karyotype; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; ECOSYSTEM; KARYOTYPING; REPRODUCTION; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; HYNOBIUS;

EID: 24044469703     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.805     Document Type: Article

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