Chromosomal organization of the 18S and 5S rRNAs and histone H3 genes in Scarabaeinae coleopterans: Insights into the evolutionary dynamics of multigene families and heterochromatin

BMC Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cabral de Mello, Diogo C ^a   Oliveira, Sárah G ^a   de Moura, Rita C ^b   Martins, Cesar ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; RNA 5S; HISTONE; INSECT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME; COLEOPTERA; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; SCARABAEINAE; SEX CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; BEETLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INSECT CHROMOSOME; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INSECT PROTEINS; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S;

EID: 80053980116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-12-88     Document Type: Article

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