New genome size estimates of 134 species of arthropods

Chromosome Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 809-823

  Hanrahan, Shawn Jason ^a   Johnston, J Spencer ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; DNA flow cytometry; Evolutionary genomics; Genome size

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FROZEN SECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; HEMIPTERA; HYPOTHESIS; INSECT; INSECT CHROMOSOME; INSECT GENOME; MECOPTERA; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, INSECT; PHYLOGENY;

ARTHROPODA; BLATTARIA; CICADIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MECOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 82955195435     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-011-9231-6     Document Type: Article

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