Cytotaxonomy of Megascolecid earthworms of South India

The authors are confident that the contents of the book will encourage newcomers to take up earthworm cytogenetics. This book also enlightens the readers how the basic chromosomal data could be used as a tool in identifying the morphologically look alike earthworm species. The outcome of the book is that though the species are morphologically almost similar, but they have distinct sperm morphologies.

About the author

Dr. Venu Govindappa obtained his M.Sc. and PhD degrees in Applied Genetics from Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, in the years 1997 and 2009 respectively. He teaches Genetics for undergraduate and Postgraduate students at BU. His field of expertise include Cytogenetics, Toxicology and Caecilian Biology.

Product details

• Authors: Venkatachalaiah Govindaiah, Ven Govindappa, Venu Govindappa
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2016
• EAN: 9783659929304
• ISBN: 978-3-659-92930-4
• No. of pages: 80
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering