Why do we have linear chromosomes? A matter of Adam and Eve

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 434, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-107

  Ishikawa, Fuyuki ^a   Naito, Taku ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circular chromosome; Linear chromosome; Meiosis; Telomere

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

EID: 0033061527     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8777(99)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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