Centromere repositioning in the X chromosome of XO/XO mammals, Ryukyu spiny rat

Chromosome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 587-593

  Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yamada, Fumio ^b   Hashimoto, Takuma ^c   Abe, Shintaro ^d   Matsuda, Yoichi ^a   Kuroiwa, Asato ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Japan Wild Life Research Center   (Japan)

^d Japan Ministry of the Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative mapping; CR; FISH; Tokudaia osimensis; Tokudaia tokunoshimensis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; CLONE CELLS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENES, X-LINKED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; RATS; X CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA; TOKUDAIA; TOKUDAIA OSIMENSIS;

EID: 45649083088     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-008-1199-5     Document Type: Article

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