Amphipod genome sizes: First estimates for Arctic species reveal genomic giants

Genome

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-158

  Rees, David J ^a,d   Dufresne, France ^a   Glémet, Hélène ^b   Belzile, Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Arctic; DNA content; Flow cytometry; Genome size

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEA; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; GENOMICS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACANTHOSTEPHEIA MALMGRENI; AMPELISCA MACROCEPHALA; AMPELISCIDAE; AMPHIPODA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; OEDICEROTIDAE;

EID: 34249786889     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/G06-155     Document Type: Article

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