Physical mapping of human 7q and 14q subtelomeric DNA sequences in the great apes

DNA Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-252

  Samonte, Rhea V ^a,b   Conte, Robert A ^a   Verma, Ram S ^a  

^a University Hospital of Brooklyn   (United States)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla); Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GORILLA; HOMINID; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; DNA PROBES; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031591464     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/4.3.249     Document Type: Article

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