The 450-band resolution G- and R-banded standard karyotype of the donkey (Equus asinus, 2n = 62)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-271

  Di Meo, G P ^a   Perucatti, A ^a   Peretti, V ^b   Incarnato, D ^a   Ciotola, F ^c   Liotta, L ^d   Raudsepp, T ^e   Di Berardino, D ^b   Chowdhary, B ^e   Iannuzzi, L ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C bands; Donkey; G bands; R bands; Standard karyotype

Indexed keywords

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONKEY; EQUUS ASINUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME NOR; CYTOLOGY; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; METABOLISM; SILVER STAINING;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS ASINUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELLS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DIPLOIDY; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 70350776549     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235932     Document Type: Article

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