Cytogenetic analysis of two Coprophanaeus species (Scarabaeidae) revealing wide constitutive heterochromatin variability and the largest number of 45S rDNA sites among Coleoptera

Micron

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 960-965

  de Oliveira, Sárah Gomes ^a,b   de Moura, Rita de Cássia ^b   e Silva, Ana Emília Barros ^a   de Souza, Maria José ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beetle; Chromosome evolution; FISH; Heterochromatin; Karyotype

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CHROMOSOME EVOLUTION; COLEOPTERA; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DA/DAPI; ENSIFER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUOROCHROMES; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; SCARABAEIDAE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SILVER NITRATES; TERMINAL REGIONS; Y CHROMOSOMES;

BIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; SILVER;

CHROMOSOMES;

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 45S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIPLOIDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; INSECT CHROMOSOME; KARYOTYPING; MALE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DIPLOIDY; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

COLEOPTERA; COPROPHANAEUS; ENSIFER; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 79955875036     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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