Unusual chromosomal distribution of a major satellite DNA from discoglossus pictus (Amphibia, Anura)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-42

  Amor, N ^a   Odierna, G ^b   Chinali, G ^b   Said, K ^a   Picariello, O ^b  

^a Biodiversity and Bio Resources Valorisation   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anura; Chromosome; Discoglossus; FISH; Heterochromatin heteromorphism; Repetitive DNA; Satellite DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; MONOMER; SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOGLOSSUS PICTUS; DNA ISOLATION; DNA METABOLISM; DNA RESTRICTION; DNA STRUCTURE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FROGS AND TOADS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, SATELLITE; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DISCOGLOSSUS; DISCOGLOSSUS MONTALENTII; DISCOGLOSSUS PICTUS;

EID: 77949542152     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000279444     Document Type: Article

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