Cytogenetic analysis of the Asian Plethodontid salamander, Karsenia koreana: Evidence for karyotypic conservation, chromosome repatterning, and genome size evolution

Chromosome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 563-574

  Sessions, Stanley K ^a   Stöck, Matthias ^b   Vieites, David R ^c   Quarles, Ryan ^a   Min, Mi Sook ^d   Wake, David B ^c  

^a HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Evolution; Genome size; Karsenia; Plethodontidae; Salamander

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KARSENIA KOREANA; KARYOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; PLETHODONTID SALAMANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER;

ANIMALS; ASIA; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOME; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PHYLOGENY; URODELA;

HYDROMANTES; KARSENIA; KARSENIA KOREANA; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 45649084476     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-008-1197-7     Document Type: Article

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