The license to pair: Identification of meiotic pairing sites in Drosophila

Chromosoma

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 135-141

  McKee, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; STRUCTURAL GENE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029790444     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02509494     Document Type: Review

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