Minisatellite telomeres occur in the family Alliaceae but are lost in Allium

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 814-823

  Sỳkorová, Eva ^a   Fajkus, Jiří ^a,b   Mezníková, Marie ^b   Kar, Yoong Lim ^c   Neplechová, Kamila ^b   Blattner, Frank R ^d   Chase, Mark W ^e   Leitch, Andrew R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^e JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative telomeres; Asparagales; Asymmetric PCR; FISH; Minisatellites; Onion; Slot blot hybridization; Telomere evolution

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DIVERGENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

ALLIACEAE; ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ASPARAGALES; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CILIOPHORA; GILLIESIA; IPHEION; LEUCOCORYNE; NOTHOSCORDUM; OXYTRICHA; TETRAHYMENA; TRISTAGMA; TULBAGHIA;

EID: 33744757347     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.6.814     Document Type: Article

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