Comparative mapping of human alphoid satellite DNA repeat sequences in the great apes

Genetica

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-104

  Samonte, Rhea V ^a,b   Ramesh, K H ^c   Verma, Ram S ^d  

^a LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alphoid sequence; Apes chromosomes; Chimpanzee; DNA repeat sequence; Gorilla; Orangutan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031424464     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018360026244     Document Type: Article

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