NOR dispersion, telomeric sequence detection in centromeric regions and meiotic multivalent configurations in species of the aplastodiscus albofrenatus group (Anura, Hylidae)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 359-367

  Carvalho, K A ^a   Garcia, P C A ^b   Recco Pimentel, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aplastodiscus; Karyotype; Multivalent configurations; NOR; Telomeric sequences

Indexed keywords

APLASTODISCUS ALBOFRENATUS; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; FEMALE; FROG; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; TELOMERE; ANIMAL; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING;

ANURA; APLASTODISCUS; HYLIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CENTROMERE; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; TELOMERE;

EID: 75749083320     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264179     Document Type: Article

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