Ribosomal DNA is active in different B chromosome variants of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans

Genetica

Volumn 141, Issue 7-9, 2013, Pages 337-345

  Ruíz Estévez, Mercedes ^a   López León, M Dolores ^a   Cabrero, Josefa ^a   Camacho, Juan Pedro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

B chromosome; Eyprepocnemis plorans; Nucleolus; Nucleolus organizer region; PCR; Ribosomal DNA; Transcript

Indexed keywords

CAELIFERA; EYPREPOCNEMIS PLORANS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAELIFERA; CHROMOSOME NOR; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; INSECT CHROMOSOME; MALE; POPULATION; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; GENES, INSECT; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC SPECIATION; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION;

EID: 84885858604     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-013-9733-6     Document Type: Article

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