Heterochromatin and NOR distribution in the chromosomes of six gekkonid species of the genus Phelsuma (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

Journal of African Zoology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 341-349

  Aprea, Gennaro ^a   Odierna, Gaetano ^a   Capriglione, Teresa ^a   Caputo, Vincenzo ^b   Morescalchi, Alessandro ^c   Olmo, Ettore ^b  

^a Dept of Evol and Compar Biology ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c Institute of Comparative Anatomy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Gekkonidae; Heterochromatin; NORs; Phelsuma karyology; Radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 5344227017     PISSN: 07767943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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