Testes and chromosomes in interspecific hybrids betweenHelicoverpa armigera (Hübner) andHelicoverpa assulta (Guenée)

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1212-1217

  Tang, Qingbo ^a,b   Yan, Yunhua ^a   Zhao, Xincheng ^a,b   Wang, Chenzhu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

chromosomes; Helicoverpa; interspecific hybridization; sterility; testes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847610795     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03183695     Document Type: Article

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