Evolution of 5S rDNA units and their chromosomal localization in Allium cepa and Allium schoenoprasum revealed by microdissection and FISH

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 167-172

  Shibata, Fukashi ^a   Hizume, Masahiro ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5S rDNA; Allium cepa; Allium schoenoprasum; Chromosome; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Microdissection

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; RNA;

CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM SCHOENOPRASUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0036936936     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-002-0950-0     Document Type: Article

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