Heterochromatin of the scarab beetle, Bubas bison (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) II. Evidence for AT-rich compartmentalization and a high amount of rDNA copies

Micron

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-51

  Colomba, Mariastella ^a   Vitturi, Roberto ^b   Libertini, Angelo ^c   Gregorini, Armando ^a   Zunino, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bubas bison; Coleoptera Scarabaeidae; rDNA FISH

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; FLUORESCENCE; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; SILVER;

BUBAS BISON; COLEOPTERA SCARABAEIDAE; HETEROCHROMATIN; RDNA FISH;

PROTEINS;

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BEETLE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STAINING; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BEETLES; CHROMOSOME BANDING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; STAINING AND LABELING; TELOMERE;

BUBAS BISON; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 27744513585     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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