Multigene family of ribosomal DNA in Drosophila melanogaster reveals contrasting patterns of homogenization for IGS and ITS spacer regions: A possible mechanism to resolve this paradox

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 243-256

  Polanco, Carlos ^a   González, Ana I ^a   De La Fuente, Álvaro ^a   Dover, Gabriel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031831237     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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