Characterization of Non-LTR retrotransposable TRAS elements in the aphids Acyrthosiphon pisum and Myzus persicae (Aphididae, Hemiptera)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 547-553

  Monti, Valentina ^a   Serafini, Chiara ^a   Manicardi, Gian Carlo ^a   Mandrioli, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

aphid; fiber FISH; holocentric chromosomes; non LTR retrotransposable elements; subtelomeric regions; TRAS

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN A3; ENDONUCLEASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BOMBYX MORI; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MYZUS PERSICAE; NONHUMAN; PEA APHID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; TELOMERE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; X CHROMOSOME;

APHID; FIBER FISH; HOLOCENTRIC CHROMOSOMES; NON-LTR RETROTRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; SUBTELOMERIC REGIONS; TRAS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; OPEN READING FRAMES; RETROELEMENTS; X CHROMOSOME;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; BOMBYX MORI; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYZUS PERSICAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 84879129735     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/est017     Document Type: Article

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