A first assessment of genome size diversity in Monogonont rotifers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 662, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-82

  Stelzer, Claus Peter ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brachionus; C value; Flow cytometry; Genome size; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOMICS; INVERTEBRATE;

BDELLOIDA; BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS DIMIDIATUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; METAZOA; MONOGONONTA; ROTIFERA; SYNCHAETA PECTINATA;

EID: 79959808321     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0487-1     Document Type: Article

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