A chromosome end satellite of Rhynchosciara americana (Diptera: Sciaridae) resembling nematoceran telomeric repeats

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-262

  Madalena, C R G ^a   Gorab, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Rhynchosciara; Satellites; Subtelomeres; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLY; GENETICS; LARVA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; DIPTERA; DNA, SATELLITE; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TELOMERE;

DIPTERA; RHYNCHOSCIARA; RHYNCHOSCIARA AMERICANA; SCIARIDAE;

EID: 20444371595     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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