FISH analysis reveals aneuploidy and continual generation of chromosomal mosaicism in Leishmania major

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 274-283

  Sterkers, Yvon ^a,b   Lachaud, Laurence ^a   Crobu, Lucien ^a   Bastien, Patrick ^a,b   Pagès, Michel ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOMICS; INTERPHASE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MITOSIS; PARASITOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTOZOA;

EID: 78651450603     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01534.x     Document Type: Article

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