Analysis of intraspecies polymorphism in the ribosomal DNA cluster of the cockroach Blattella germanica

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-222

  Mukha, Dmitry V ^a   Sidorenko, A P ^b   Lazebnaya, I V ^a   Wiegmann, B M ^c   Schal, C ^c  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences Kiev   (Ukraine)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella; Polymorphism; Ribosomal DNA structure

Indexed keywords

GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIANCE; GERMANY; REPETITIVE DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SPACER REGION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLATTELLIDAE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINDIII; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034177276     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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