Unusually short tandem repeats in the chromosome end structure of Rhynchosciara (Diptera: Sciaridae)

Genetica

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-116

  Rossato, Renata M ^a   Madalena, Christiane R G ^a   Gorab, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diptera; Rhynchosciara; Salmonidae; Satellites; Simple repeats; Sub telomeres; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; SATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; FLY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES; DIPTERA; DNA, SATELLITE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DIPTERA; RHYNCHOSCIARA; RHYNCHOSCIARA AMERICANA; RHYNCHOSCIARA HOLLAENDERI; SALMONIDAE; SCIARIDAE;

EID: 34548534437     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-006-9120-7     Document Type: Article

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