Meiotic chromosomes and sex determination mechanism in Thailand and Hawaii isolates of angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae)

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-351

  Eamsobhana, P ^a   Yoolek, A ^a   Yong, H S ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; MALE; MEIOSIS; RAT; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAWAII; MALE; MEIOSIS; RATS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; THAILAND;

EID: 74549176624     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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