Are Drosophila telomeres an exception or the rule?

Genome Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Louis, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE;

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EID: 0036398592     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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