Cytogenetic and molecular analysis of the holocentric chromosomes of the potato aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas, 1878)

Comparative Cytogenetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-172

  Monti, Valentina ^a   Manicardi, Gian Carlo ^a   Mandrioli, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aphid; Heterochromatin; Holocentric chromosomes; NOR heteromorphism; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 80052285328     PISSN: 19930771     EISSN: 1993078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v5i3.1724     Document Type: Article

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