Cytogenetic analysis of two related Deltochilum (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) species: Diploid number reduction, extensive heterochromatin addition and differentiation

Micron

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-117

  Cabral de Mello, D C ^a,b   Moura, R C ^b   Carvalho, R ^c   Souza, M J ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosome rearrangement; Heterochromatin amplification; Karyotype; Meiosis; rDNA

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; COLEOPTERA; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FLUOROCHROMES; GC-RICH SEQUENCES; MEIOTIC CHROMOSOMES; SCARABAEIDAE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SILVER NITRATES; TERMINAL REGIONS; X CHROMOSOMES;

AMPLIFICATION; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS;

CHROMOSOMES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DIPLOIDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DIPLOIDY; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 70849136022     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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