Characterization of the turkey MHC chromosome through genetic and physical mapping

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 213-220

  Chaves, L D ^a   Krueth, S B ^a   Reed, K M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVIAN GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MICROCHROMOSOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENOMICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METAPHASE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; TURKEYS;

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 34547635079     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103182     Document Type: Article

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