Satellite DNA transcripts have diverse biological roles in Drosophila

Heredity

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-2

  Kuhn, G C S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCHROMATIN; SATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; CENTROMERE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; DNA, SATELLITE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENES, X-LINKED; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE;

EID: 84930865453     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2015.12     Document Type: Note

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