The localization of ribosomal DNA in Sciaridae (Diptera: Nematocera) reassessed

Chromosome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-416

  Madalena, Christiane Rodriguez Gutierrez ^a   Amabis, José Mariano ^a   Stocker, Ann Jacob ^a,b   Gorab, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centromeres; Heterochromatin; Micronucleoli; Nucleolus; rDNA; Sciaridae; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; FLY; GENE LOCUS; HETEROCHROMATIN; LARVA; MICRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYNCHOSCIARA AMERICANA; RHYNCHOSCIARA MILLERI; SCHWENKFELDINA; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRICHOSIA PUBESCENS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CHROMOSOMES; DIPTERA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; RNA PROBES;

DIPTERA; NEMATOCERA; RHYNCHOSCIARA; RHYNCHOSCIARA AMERICANA; SCHWENKFELDINA; SCIARIDAE; TRICHOMEGALOSPHYS PUBESCENS; TRICHOSIA;

EID: 34347386849     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-007-1127-0     Document Type: Article

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