Different fusion configurations of evolutionarily conserved segments in karyotypes of potamochoerus porcus and phacochoerus africanus

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 305-309

  Musilova, P ^a   Kubickova, S ^a   Hornak, M ^a   Cernohorska, H ^a   Vahala, J ^b   Rubes, J ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b Dvur Kralove NL ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fusion configuration; Karyotype evolution; Phacochoerus africanus; Potamochoerus porcus; Suidae

Indexed keywords

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 1P; DOMESTIC PIG; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PERICENTRIC CHROMOSOME INVERSION; PHACOCHOERUS AFRICANUS; POTAMOCHOERUS PORCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; WARTHOG;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FUSION; KARYOTYPING; SWINE;

PHACOCHOERUS; PHACOCHOERUS AFRICANUS; POTAMOCHOERUS PORCUS; SUIDAE; SUS CEBIFRONS; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 77955710545     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314954     Document Type: Article

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