Composition and epigenetic markers of heterochromatin in the aphid Aphis nerii (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-77

  Mandrioli, M ^a   Azzoni, P ^a   Lombardo, G ^a   Manicardi, Gian Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aphid; Epigenetics; Heterochromatin; Holocentric chromosomes; Satellite DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA 5S; GENOMIC DNA; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H3; SATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APHID; APHIS NERII; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; C BANDING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS NERII; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 79953161805     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323510     Document Type: Article

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