Distribution of T1, Q, Pegasus and mariner transposable elements on the polytene chromosomes of PEST, a standard strain of Anopheles gambiae

Chromosoma

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 585-595

  Mukabayire, O ^a,b   Besansky, N J ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CYTOGENETICS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOMOZYGOTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0029942875     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00352298     Document Type: Article

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