Molecular genetic analyses of polytene chromosome region 72A-D in drosophila melanogaster reveal a gene desert in 72D

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Cooper, Monica T ^a   Kennison, James A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 72A; CHROMOSOME 72D; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSECT CHROMOSOME; MOUSE; TRANSPOSON;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MALE; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 80051496751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023509     Document Type: Article

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