Broken chromosomal ends can be elongated by conversion in Drosophila melanogaster

Chromosoma

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 114-120

  Mikhailovsky, Stanislav ^a   Belenkaya, Tatyana ^a   Georgiev, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONVERSION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GENE CONVERSION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032943008     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050358     Document Type: Article

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