Karyotype of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis, from Japan and Taiwan, with chromosomal data for Dogania subplana

Current Herpetology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-25

  Sato, Hlroyuki ^a   Ota, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Japan; Karyotype; Taiwan; Turtle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983224617     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.20.19     Document Type: Article

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