The distribution of transposable elements on X chromosomes from a natural population of Drosophila simulans

Genetical Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 159-166

  Nuzhdin, Sergey V ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE LOCATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; STATISTICS; TRANSPOSON; X CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0028865788     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672300034509     Document Type: Article

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