Intragenomic distribution and stability of transposable elements in euchromatin and heterochromatin of Drosophila melanogaster: Non-LTR retrotransposon

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-153

  Terrinoni, Alessandro ^a   Di Franco, Carmen ^a   Dimitri, Patrizio ^a   Junakovic, Nikolaj ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Euchromatin; Eukaryotic transposable elements; Heterochromatin

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; EUKARYOTE; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; SALIVARY GLAND; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; LARVA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROELEMENTS; Y CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030861643     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006214     Document Type: Article

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