Amplification of telomeric DNA and the extent of karyotypic evolution

Cytobios

Volumn 1998, Issue 374, 1998, Pages 141-146

  Pathak, Sen ^a   Dolhonde, Jessica A ^a   Multani, Asha S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Karyotypic evolution; Telomeric DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME BANDING; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MAMMALS; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031615752     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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