The karyotype of Alouattapigra (Primates: Platyrrhini): Mitotic and meiotic analyses

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-109

  Steinberg, E R ^a,b   Cortes Ortiz L ^c   Nieves, M ^a   Bolzan A D ^b,d   Garcia Orduna F ^e   Hermida Lagunes, J ^e   Canales Espinosa, D ^e   Mudry, M D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ALOUATTA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME BIVALENT; CHROMOSOME C BAND; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DIPLOIDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; PLATYRRHINI;

ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 58149085689     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000163087     Document Type: Article

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