Mitotically unstable B chromosome polymorphism in the grasshopper Dichroplus elongatus

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 359-364

  Remis, M I ^a   Vilardi, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARGENTINA; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DICHROPLUS ELONGATUS; FERTILITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSHOPPER; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOMES; GRASSHOPPERS; MITOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

DICHROPLUS; DICHROPLUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 4043083600     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079313     Document Type: Review

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