Cytological study of the brown dominant position effect

Chromosoma

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-132

  Belyaeva, Elena S ^a   Koryakov, Dmitry E ^a   Pokholkova, Galina V ^a   Demakova, Olga V ^a   Zhimulev, Igor F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; POSITION EFFECT; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; HETEROCHROMATIN; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 0030846653     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050232     Document Type: Article

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