Genome composition in Venezuelan spiny-rats of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia, Echimyidae). I. Genome size, C-heterochromatin and repetitive DNAs in situ hybridization patterns

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-43

  Garagna, S ^a   Perez Zapata A ^b   Zuccotti, M ^a   Mascheretti, S ^a   Marziliano, N ^a   Redi, C A ^a   Aguilera, M ^b   Capanna, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME SIZE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PERICENTRIC CHROMOSOME INVERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BISBENZIMIDE; CHROMOSOME BANDING; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE BAMHI; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DIPODOMYS; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERCALATING AGENTS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLICAMYCIN; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0343052789     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134622     Document Type: Article

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