Characterisation of a GC-rich telomeric satellite DNA in eumeces schneideri daudin (Reptilia, Scincidae)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 272-278

  Giovannotti, M ^a   Nisi Cerioni, P ^a   Caputo, V ^a   Olmo, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOSTRUCTURES AND BIOSYSTEMS   (Italy)

Author keywords

C banding; Chromomycin A3; Eumeces schneideri; FISH; Satellite DNA; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN A3; GENOMIC DNA; SATELLITE DNA; DNA;

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ARTICLE; C BANDING; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EUMECES SCHNEIDERI; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; METABOLISM; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SILVER STAINING; TELOMERE;

NOVOEUMECES SCHNEIDERI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA, SATELLITE; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPTILES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SILVER STAINING; TELOMERE;

EID: 70350782383     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235933     Document Type: Article

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