Ribosomal DNA organization before and after magnification in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 703-723

  Bianciardi, Alessio ^a   Boschi, Manuela ^a   Swanson, Ellen E ^a   Belloni, Massimo ^a   Robbins, Leonard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84863882694     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.140335     Document Type: Article

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