Does RNA interference influence meiotic crossing over in Drosophila melanogaster?

Genetics Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-258

  Cross, Eric W ^a   Simmons, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; AUBERGINE PROTEIN; HOMELESS PROTEIN; PIWI PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HETEROZYGOSITY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE; WILD TYPE; X CHROMOSOME; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MEIOSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 47149119081     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672308009361     Document Type: Article

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