The first finding of (TTAGG)n telomeric repeat in chromosomes of true bugs (heteroptera, belostomatidae)

Comparative Cytogenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-346

  Kuznetsova, Valentina G ^a   Grozeva, Snejana M ^b   Anokhin, Boris A ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Belostomatidae; Chromosomes; Fish; Lethocerus patruelis; Nepomorpha; True bugs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875278276     PISSN: 19930771     EISSN: 1993078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v6i4.4058     Document Type: Article

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