Plant chromosome homology: Hypotheses relating rendezvous, recognition and reciprocal exchange

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 190-197

  Wilson, P J ^a   Riggs, C D ^b   Hasenkampf, C A ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TELOMERE;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, PLANT; MEIOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 16344374580     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082399     Document Type: Article

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