The genome diversity and karyotype evolution of mammals

Molecular Cytogenetics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Graphodatsky, Alexander S ^a   Trifonov, Vladimir A ^a   Stanyon, Roscoe ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosome painting; genome sequencing; mammalian evolution; phylogenetic trees

Indexed keywords

CAT; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CYTOGENETICS; DNA PROBE; DOG; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HORSE; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 80053899932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17558166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-8166-4-22     Document Type: Review

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