B chromosomes showing active ribosomal RNA genes contribute insignificant amounts of rRNA in the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 289, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1209-1216

  Ruiz Estévez, Mercedes ^a   Badisco, Liesbeth ^b   Broeck, Jozef Vanden ^b   Perfectti, Francisco ^a   López León, María Dolores ^a   Cabrero, Josefa ^a   Camacho, Juan Pedro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

B chromosome; Gene expression; qPCR; rDNA; rRNA genes

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BIOGENESIS; CAELIFERA; DNA SYNTHESIS; EYPREPOCNEMIS PLORANS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA GENE; SPERMATOCYTE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; INSECT CHROMOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EYPREPOCNEMIS PLORANS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; GENES, RRNA; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84916904320     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-014-0880-y     Document Type: Article

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