Structure and organization of the rDNA intergenic spacer in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

Chromosome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-16

  Reed, Kent M ^a,b   Phillips, Ruth B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenic spacer (IGS); Lake trout; Ribosomal DNA; Salmonid; Salvelinus namaycush

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CISTRON; CLONE; COSMID VECTOR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TROUT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TROUT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 0034093740     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009214800251     Document Type: Article

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