Complex meiotic configuration of the holocentric chromosomes: The intriguing case of the scorpion Tityus bahiensis

Chromosome Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 883-898

  Schneider, Marielle Cristina ^a   Zacaro, Adilson Ariza ^c   Pinto Da Rocha, Ricardo ^d   Candido, Denise Maria ^e   Cella, Doralice Maria ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achiasmate meiosis; Cytogenetic; Diploid number; Nucleolar material; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL COUNT; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DIPLOIDY; DISPERSION; FAUNA; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SAMPLE; SCORPION; SPECIES; SYMPATRY; TITYUS BAHIENSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; FEMALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SCORPIONS;

BUTHIDAE; SCORPIONES; TITYUS BAHIENSIS;

EID: 71449100748     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-009-9076-4     Document Type: Article

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