Heterochromatin position effects on circularized sex chromosomes cause filicidal embryonic lethality in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1001-1005

  Ferree, Patrick M ^a   Gomez, Karina ^a   Rominger, Peter ^a   Howard, Dagnie ^a   Kornfeld, Hannah ^a   Barbash, Daniel A ^b  

^a KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SATELLITE DNA; HETEROCHROMATIN;

ANAPHASE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEATH; FILICIDAL EMBRYONIC LETHALITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RING CHROMOSOME; SEX CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; INSECT CHROMOSOME; LETHAL GENE; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENES, LETHAL; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RING CHROMOSOMES; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 84901312391     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.113.161075     Document Type: Note

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