Interstitial telomeric sites and NORs in Hartmann's zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae) chromosomes

Chromosome Research

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 527-534

  Santani, Avni ^a   Raudsepp, Terje ^a   Chowdhary, Bhanu P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equus; Evolution; Hartmann's zebra; In situ hybridization fluorescence; Karyotype; Nucleolus organizer; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; EQUUS ZEBRA HARTMANNAE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; TELOMERE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HORSE; KARYOTYPING; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EQUUS ZEBRA;

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EQUIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0036447334     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020945400949     Document Type: Article

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