The structure of a single unit of ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) including intergenic subrepeats in the Australian bulldog ant Myrmecia croslandi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-146

  Ohnishi, Hitoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Masa Toshi ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; IGS; R2; rDNA; Repeating unit

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; MYRMECIA CROSLANDI;

PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 2642576051     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.21.139     Document Type: Article

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