Conservation of (TTAGG)n telomeric sequences among ants (hymenoptera, formicidae)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 282-285

  Lorite, P ^a   Carrillo, J A ^a   Palomeque, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ANT; ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

ARACHNIDA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; TAPINOMA; TAPINOMA NIGERRIMUM;

EID: 0036661267     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/93.4.282     Document Type: Article

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