High-resolution fluorescence in situ hybridization of RBM- and TSPY-related cosmids on released Y chromatin in humans and pygmy chimpanzees

Chromosome Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-206

  Conrad, Christian ^a   Hierl, Thomas ^a   Gläser, Birgitta ^a   Taylor, Kay ^b   Zeitler, Sylvia ^a   Chandley, Ann C ^c   Schempp, Werner ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High resolution fluorescence in situ hybridization; Spermatogenesis genes; Y chromosome evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COSMID; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; Y CHROMATIN; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; COSMIDS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAN TROGLODYTES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029934039     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02254960     Document Type: Article

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