Cytogenetic evidence for diversity of two nuclei within a single diplomonad cell of Giardia

Chromosoma

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-78

  Tůmová, Pavla ^a   Hofštetrová, Klára ^a   Nohýnková, Eva ^a   Hovorka, Ondřej ^b   Král, Jiří ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DNA CONTENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; KARYOTYPING; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA; KARYOTYPING; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS;

DIPLOMONADIDA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 33846589301     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-006-0082-4     Document Type: Article

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