Chromosome end elongation by recombination in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 5176-5183

  Roth, Charles W ^a,b   Kobeski, Frances ^a   Walter, Marika F ^a   Biessmann, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DIPTERA; EUKARYOTA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030737816     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.9.5176     Document Type: Article

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