Distribution of 45S rDNA sites in chromosomes of plants: Structural and evolutionary implications

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Roa, Fernando ^a   Guerra, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

45S rDNA sites; Chromosome regions; Meta analysis; NOR; Secondary constrictions

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHROMOSOME; DATABASE; DNA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; KARYOTYPE; META-ANALYSIS;

EUKARYOTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 45S;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GYMNOSPERM; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT CHROMOSOME;

ANGIOSPERMS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GYMNOSPERMS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84869861796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-225     Document Type: Article

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