Multiple maize minichromosomes in meiosis

Chromosome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 395-402

  Masonbrink, Rick E ^a   Gaeta, Robert T ^a   Birchler, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

B chromosome; Centromere fusion; Minichromosomes; Pairing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIPLOIDY; FERTILIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MAIZE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MINICHROMOSOME; MITOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION; NONHUMAN; POLLEN GERMINATION; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SISTER CHROMATID;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; PROPHASE; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84864872680     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-012-9283-2     Document Type: Article

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