The non-random occurrence of Robertsonian fusion in the house mouse

Genetical Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-42

  Gazave, Elodie ^a   Catalan, Josette ^a   Da Graça Ramalhinho, Maria ^b   Da Luz Mathias, Maria ^c   Nunes, Ana Claudia ^c   Dumas, David ^a   Britton Davidian, Janice ^a   Auffray, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; EVOLUTION; MICE;

MUS MUSCULUS; ROBERTSONIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037295829     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001667230200602X     Document Type: Review

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