DNA organization and length polymorphism at the 2L telomeric region of Anopheles gambiae

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-93

  Biessmann, H ^a   Kobeski, F ^a   Walter, M F ^a   Kasravi, A ^a   Roth, C W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Mosquito; Polymorphism; Recombination; Satellite; Telomere

Indexed keywords

DNA; SATELLITE DNA; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ECORI; DNA; DNA, SATELLITE; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032008210     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1998.71054.x     Document Type: Article

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