Genes for polymorphic H1 histones are linked in the Japanese quail genome

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 93-103

  Pałyga, Jan ^a,b  

^a Wyzsza Szkoła Pedagogiczna ^*  (Poland)

^b HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte; Genetic linkage; Histone H1; Japanese quail

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; QUAIL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; COTURNIX; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTONES; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0031875045     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018756320718     Document Type: Article

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