American marsupials chromosomes: Why study them?

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 675-687

  Svartman, Marta ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosome evolution; Cytogenetics; Marsupials

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CYTOGENETICS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; KARYOTYPE; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; TAXONOMY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

DIDELPHIMORPHIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 73449145289     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572009005000084     Document Type: Review

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