Hidden heterochromatin: Characterization in the Rodentia species Cricetus cricetus, Peromyscus eremicus (Cricetidae) and Praomys tullbergi (Muridae)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-68

  Paço, Ana ^a   Adega, Filomena ^a   Guedes Pinto, Henrique ^a   Chaves, Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Constitutive heterochromatin; In situ restriction endonuclease digestion; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C BANDING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME C BAND; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME SATELLITE; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICETUS CRICETUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; KARYOTYPING; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS EREMICUS; PRAOMYS TULLBERGI; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

CRICETIDAE; CRICETUS CRICETUS; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS EREMICUS; PRAOMYS TULLBERGI; RODENTIA;

EID: 66649137981     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572009000100009     Document Type: Article

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