Strategies of karyotype differentiation in Elateridae (Coleoptera, Polyphaga)

Micron

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 590-598

  Schneider, Marielle Cristina ^a   Rosa, Simone Policena ^b   Almeida, Mara Cristina ^c   Costa, Cleide ^b   Cella, Doralice Maria ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C band; Chromosome; Evolution; Meiosis; Sex determination system

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CYTOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

C-BAND; HETEROCHROMATIN; MEIOSIS; SEX DETERMINATION SYSTEM;

CHROMOSOMES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AGRYPNINAE; COLEOPTERA; CONODERUS; ELATERIDAE; ELATERINAE; POLYPHAGA (COLEOPTERA);

EID: 34247370684     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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