Alphoid repetitive DNA in human chromosomes

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 522-534

  Jørgensen, Arne Lund ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; CENTROMERE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030696619     PISSN: 09078916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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