Increased SCE levels in Mediterranean Italian buffaloes affected by limb malformation (transversal hemimelia)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 183-187

  Peretti, V ^a   Ciotola, F ^b   Albarella, S ^a   Restucci, B ^c   Meomartino, L ^a   Ferretti, L ^d   Barbieri, V ^a   Iannuzzi, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c Department of Pathology and Animal Health ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; HEMIMELIA; ITALY; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; NONHUMAN; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TIBIA; TRANSVERSAL HEMIMELIA;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; ECTROMELIA; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS;

EID: 43449098564     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000118761     Document Type: Article

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