Inactive ribosomal cistrons are spread throughout the B chromosomes of Rattus rattus (Rodentia, Muridae). Implications for their origin and evolution

Chromosome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 305-311

  Stitou, S ^a   Diaz De La Guardia R ^a   Jimenez R ^a   Burgos, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

B chromosomes; Black rat; NORs; rDNA; Supernumerary chromosomes

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME C BAND; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIBOSOME; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HPAII; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; RATS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOMES; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 0033949268     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009227427575     Document Type: Article

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