Nucleolus and chromosome relationships at pachynema in four Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) species with various combinations of NOR and sex chromosomes

Chromosome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-428

  Dutrillaux, A M ^a   Xie, H ^a   Dutrillaux, B ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; NOR; Nucleoli; Pachynema; Scarabaeoidea; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BEETLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME NOR; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; METAPHASE; MITOSIS INDEX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SILVER STAINING; SPERMATOCYTE;

CETONIA AURATA; COLEOPTERA; DORCUS PARALLELIPIPEDUS; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 34347402575     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-007-1133-2     Document Type: Article

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