A Comparative cytogenetic analysis of 2 bothriuridae species and overview of the chromosome data of scorpiones

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 545-555

  Schneider, Marielle C ^a   Zacaro, Adilson A ^b   Pinto Da Rocha, Ricardo ^c   Candido, Denise M ^d   Cella, Doralice M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achiasmatic meiosis; Diploid number; Synaptonemal complex; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; BOTHRIURIDAE; BOTHRIURUS ARAGUAYAE; BOTHRIURUS ROCHENSIS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SCORPIONS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

ARACHNIDA; BOTHRIURIDAE; BOTHRIURUS; SCORPIONES; SCORPIONOIDEA;

EID: 69249229642     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esp023     Document Type: Article

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