Slow evolving satellite DNAs: The case of a centromeric satellite in Chalcides ocellatus (Forskål, 1775) (Reptilia, Scincidae)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 401-411

  Giovannotti, Massimo ^a   Cerioni, Paola Nisi ^a   Splendiani, Andrea ^a   Ruggeri, Paolo ^a   Olmo, Ettore ^a   Barucchi, Vincenzo Caputo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

AT rich satellite; Ocellated skink; Scincid lizards; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; DNA; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOME; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION;

CHALCIDES OCELLATUS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84907092245     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002905     Document Type: Article

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