Mega-introns in the dynein gene DhDhc7(Y) on the heterochromatic Y chromosome give rise to the giant Threads loops in primary spermatocytes of Drosophila hydei

Genetics

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 759-769

  Reugels, Alexander M ^a,b,c,d   Kurek, Roman ^a,b,c,d   Lammermann, Ulrich ^a,b,c,d   Bünemann, Hans ^a,b,c,d  

^a Institut für Genetik   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Universila di Roma 'La Sftpienza   (Italy)

^d Institut für Genetik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA HYDEI; EXON; GENE MAPPING; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; DYNEIN ATPASE; FERTILITY; INTRONS; MALE; SPERMATOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; Y CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA HYDEI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033968635     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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