A concertedly evolving region in Chironomus, unique within the telomere

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 562-570

  Kamnert, Iréne ^a   Nielsen, Lena ^a   Edström, Jan Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromosome terminal DNA; DNA sequence; Gene conversion; Repeat units; Subtelomeric DNA; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIRONOMIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031901445     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006337     Document Type: Article

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