Cytogenetic peculiarities in the algerian hedgehog: Silver stains not only NORs but also heterochromatic blocks

Heredity

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 10-16

  Sánchez, Antonio ^a   Jiménez, Rafael ^a   Burgos, Miguel ^a   Stitou, Saida ^a   Zurita, Federico ^a   De La Guardia, Rafael Díaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erinaceus algirus; Heterochromatin variation; Karyotype evolution; NOR variation; Silver staining

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME NOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HEDGEHOG; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOROCCO; SILVER STAINING;

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME BANDING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HAMSTERS; HEDGEHOGS; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOROCCO; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SILVER STAINING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 84970064106     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1995.98     Document Type: Article

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