Marsupial centomeres and telomeres: Dynamic chromosome domains

Marsupial Genetics and Genomics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 55-73

  Carone, Dawn M ^a   O'Neill, Rachel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromere; KERV; Retroelement; Small RNA; Telomere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892486707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9023-2_3     Document Type: Chapter

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