The chromosomes of the filariae

Filaria Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Post, Rory ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CAENORHABDITIS; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PARAMETERS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NOR; FILARIA; FILARIOIDEA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA GIBSONI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; SEX DETERMINATION; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME;

EID: 27844602007     PISSN: 14752883     EISSN: 14752883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-4-10     Document Type: Article

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