Diffuse centromere and chromosome polymorphism in haplogyne spiders of the families Dysderidae and Segestriidae

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 131-138

  Diaz, Manuel O ^a,b   Maynard, R ^c   Brum Zorrilla, N ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Evolution; Haplogynae; Holokinetic; Polymorphism; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARIADNA BOESENBERGI; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DIFFUSE CENTROMERE; DYSDERA CROCATA; HAPLOGYNE SPIDER; HAPLOIDY; KARYOTYPE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SEGESTRIA RUFICEPS; SISTER CHROMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPIDER; TESTICULAR CYST; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ARIADNA; DYSDERA CROCATA; DYSDERIDAE; HAPLOGYNAE; SEGESTRIA; SEGESTRIIDAE;

EID: 77953290224     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000296273     Document Type: Article

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