The organization of the α-tubulin gene family in the Drosophila montium subgroup of the melanogaster species group

Genome

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 504-509

  Drosopoulou, Elena ^a   Scouras, Zacharias G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drosophila montium subgroup; Evolution; Gene cluster; Gene dispersion; tubulin genes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CLONE; ENDONUCLEASE; GENOME LIBRARY; GENOME ORGANIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PROBE; RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS;

DROSOPHILA AURARIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA MONTIUM; MELANOGASTER; MONTIUM SUBGROUP;

EID: 0032144888     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/gen-41-4-504     Document Type: Article

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