Ends of chromosomes in Polycelis tenuis (Platyhelminthes) have telomere repeat TTAGGG

Chromosome Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-324

  Joffe, Boris I ^a   Solovei, Irina V ^b   Macgregor, Herbert C ^c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA sequences; FISH; Platyhelminthes; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; PLANARIANS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYCELIS TENUIS;

EID: 0030018064     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02263686     Document Type: Article

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