Conserved synteny of genes between chromosome 15 of Bombyx mori and a chromosome of Manduca sexta shown by five-color BAC-FISH

Genome

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1061-1065

  Traut, Walther ^f   Sahara, Ken ^a   Yoshido, Atsuo ^a   Marec, František ^b   Fuková, Iva ^b   Zhang, Hong Bin ^c   Wu, Cheng Cang ^c   Goldsmith, Marian R ^d   Yasukochi, Yuji ^e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f NONE

Author keywords

BAC FISH; Bombyx mori; Chromosome; Conserved synteny; Lepidoptera; Linkage map; Manduca sexta

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; LEPIDOPTERA; METHODOLOGY; SILKWORM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEPIDOPTERA; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MANDUCA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNTENY;

EID: 46249098337     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/G07-082     Document Type: Article

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