NOR-associated heterochromatin of pepper chromosomes stained with acridine orange

Caryologia

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 172-176

  Almeida, Pedro Marcos de ^a   Carvalho, Carlos Roberto de ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acridine orange; Banding; Capsicum annuum; NOR; Zea mays; heterochromatin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; VERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44949247356     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2004.10589389     Document Type: Article

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