Characteristics and behaviour of the chromosomes of Leymus mollis and L. racemosus (Triticeae, Poaceae) during mitosis and meiosis

Chromosome Research

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 741-748

  Kishii, M ^a,b   Wang, R R C ^c   Tsujimoto, H ^a,b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homoeologous chromosome; Homologous pairing; Leymus; Subtelomeric heterochromatin

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HYBRID; LEYMUS MOLLIS; LEYMUS RACEMOSUS; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE; WHEAT;

CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; HETEROCHROMATIN; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; POACEAE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

LEYMUS MOLLIS; LEYMUS RACEMOSUS; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; TRITICEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0346788947     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CHRO.0000005774.00726.71     Document Type: Article

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