title: Silver staining as a new banding technique to identify aphid chromosomes.
abstract: The karyotype of the aphid Aphis sambuci has been studied by means of C-banding, fluorochrome staining and AgNO3 staining. Heterochromatic areas are confined exclusively to the X chromosomes. Interestingly, silver staining produces a clear-cut longitudinal differentiation of all chromosomes, which allows reliable identification of homologues.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Modena, Italy. bianchi@c220.unimo.it
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Manicardi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bizzaro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mandrioli
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bianchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000235:genetics*; D002871:Chromosome Banding / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007211:Indoles; D007621:Karyotyping; D016622:Silver Staining / Q000379:methods*; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007211:Indoles; C007293:DAPI