Unusual chromosomal organization of telomeric sequences and expeditious karyotypic differentiation in the recently evolved Mus terricolor complex

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 204-208

  Sharma, G G ^a   Sharma, T ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; METAPHASE; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; TELOMERE;

MUS BOODUGA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS TERRICOLOR; MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031854310     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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