Histone and ribosomal RNA repetitive gene clusters of the boll weevil are linked in a tandem array

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-471

  Roehrdanz, R ^a   Heilmann, L ^a   Senechal, P ^b   Sears, S ^a   Evenson, P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus; histones; internal transcribed spacers; repetitive sequences; ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; TANDEM REPEAT; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, RRNA; HISTONES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; WEEVILS;

ANTHONOMUS; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; ANTHONOMUS TEXANUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954327271     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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