Chromatin differentiation between Theobroma cacao L. and T. grandiflorum schum

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-98

  Dantas, Liliane G ^a   Guerra, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cacao; Cupua u; Heterochromatin; Karyotype; rDNA sites; Theobroma

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN A3; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CACAO; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CYTOLOGY; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; NONHUMAN; PROPHASE; STAINING; THEOBROMA GRANDIFLORUM;

THEOBROMA; THEOBROMA CACAO; THEOBROMA GRANDIFLORUM;

EID: 77749240471     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572009005000103     Document Type: Article

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