Identification of a new hobo element in the cabbage moth, Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera)

Hereditas

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-155

  Borsatti, Federica ^a   Azzoni, Paola ^a   Mandrioli, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HETEROCHROMATIN; INSECT GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; MELANOGASTER; TRANSPOSONS; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 1042304301     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2003.01768.x     Document Type: Article

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