Genome sizes and chromosomes in the basal metazoan Hydra

Zoology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-227

  Zacharias, Helmut ^a   Anokhin, Boris ^b   Khalturin, Konstantin ^c   Bosch, Thomas C G ^c  

^a Windmühlenberg D 24631 Langwedel Germany ^*  (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

C value; Chromosomes; Feulgen; Genome size; Hydra; Microphotometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COELENTERATA; EUMETAZOA; HYDRA; HYDRA CARNEA; HYDRA CIRCUMCINCTA; HYDRA OLIGACTIS; HYDRA VIRIDISSIMA; HYDRA VULGARIS; HYDRIDAE; METAZOA;

EID: 4444283397     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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