Y chromosome and other heterochromatic sequences of the Drosophila melanogaster genome: How far can we go?

Genetica

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 227-237

  Carvalho, A Bernardo ^a   Vibranovski, Maria D ^a   Carlson, Joseph W ^c   Celniker, Susan E ^c   Hoskins, Roger A ^c   Rubin, Gerald M ^d   Sutton, Granger G ^e   Adams, Mark D ^e   Myers, Eugene W ^e   Clark, Andrew G ^b,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CELERA GENOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Genomics; Heterochromatin; Whole genome shotgun; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; HETEROCHROMATIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0037534032     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022900313650     Document Type: Review

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