Ribosomal RNA gene insertions in the R2 site of Rhynchosciara (Diptera: Sciaridae)

Chromosome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1233-1241

  Madalena, Christiane Rodriguez Gutierrez ^a   Andrioli, Luiz Paulo Moura ^a   Gorab, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Micronucleoli; Nucleolus; R2 retrotransposons; rDNA; Sciaridae

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FLY; GENE INSERTION; GENOME; GENUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SALIVARY GLAND; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DIPTERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; RHYNCHOSCIARA; RHYNCHOSCIARA AMERICANA; SCIARIDAE; TRICHOMEGALOSPHYS PUBESCENS;

EID: 58149159693     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-008-1271-1     Document Type: Article

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