Non-telomeric sites as evidence of chromosomal rearrangement and repetitive (TTAGGG) n arrays in heterochromatic and euchromatic regions in four species of Akodon (Rodentia, Muridae)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-175

  Ventura, Karen ^a   Silva, M J J ^b   Fagundes, V ^c   Christoff, A U ^d   Yonenaga Yassuda, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME C BAND; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUCHROMATIN; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROCHROMATIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RODENT; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOMES; EUCHROMATIN; EVOLUTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MURIDAE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE;

AKODON; AKODON AZARAE; AKODON LINDBERGHI; AKODON PARANAENSIS; AKODON SERRENSIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 33750283789     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095238     Document Type: Article

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