Molecular analysis of the structure of the maize B-chromosome

Chromosome Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-23

  Stark, Elizabeth A ^a   Connerton, Lan ^b   Bennett, Simon T ^c   Barnes, Stephen R ^d   Parker, John S ^a   Forster, John W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Biological Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B chromosome; DNA sequence composition; PREM 1 element; Random amplification of polymorphic DNA; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

DNA B; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMIC LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030045415     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02254939     Document Type: Article

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