Karyotypic evolution of the family Sciuridae: Inferences from the genome organizations of ground squirrels

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 270-276

  Li, T ^a,c   Wang, J ^a   Su, W ^a   Nie, W ^a   Yang, F ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SQUIRREL;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FIBROBLASTS; GENOME; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; METAPHASE; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MARMOTA HIMALAYANA; PTEROMYINI; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SPERMOPHILUS; XERUS;

EID: 32944462918     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089881     Document Type: Article

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