Chromosomes as interdependent accounting units: The assigned orientation of c. elegans chromosomes minimizes the total w-base chargaff difference

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Forsdyke, Donald R ^a   Zhang, Chiyu ^b   Wei, Ji Fu ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Base Composition; Chromosome Orientation; Fruit Fly; Microsatellites; Nematode; Parity Rules; Recombination; Top DNA Strand

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77951682884     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339010003202     Document Type: Article

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