The very long telomeres in Sorex granarius (Soricidae, Eulipothyphla) contain ribosomal DNA

Chromosome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 881-890

  Zhdanova, Natalia S ^a   Minina, Julia M ^a   Karamisheva, Tatjana V ^a   Draskovic, Irena ^b   Rubtsov, Nikolai B ^a   Londoño Vallejo, Jose Arturo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome evolution; rDNA; Shrew; Sorex; Telomere

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ARM; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SHREW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SHREWS; TELOMERE;

MAMMALIA; ROBERTSONIA; SOREX; SOREX ARANEUS; SOREX GRANARIUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 36348976896     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-007-1170-x     Document Type: Article

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