Specific chromomeres on the chicken W lampbrush chromosome contain specific repetitive DNA sequence families

Chromosome Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 323-327

  Solovei, Irina ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^b   Naito, Mitsuru ^c   Mizuno, Shigeki ^b   Macgregor, Herbert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken; Chromomere; Lampbrush chromosome; Repetitive sequence family; W chromosome

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELLS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA PROBES; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENETIC MARKERS; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INDOLES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0031853640     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009279025959     Document Type: Article

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