Structural and Evolutionary Relationships in the Giant Sex Chromosomes of Three Microtus Species
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chromosome Preparations
2.2. Chromosome Painting
2.3. Fluorescent In-Situ Hybridization (FISH)
3. Results
3.1. Sex Chromosomes Heterochromatin Painting
3.2. Repetitive Sequences FISH
3.2.1. pMAHAE2
3.2.2. pMAECO14
3.2.3. Telomeric Repeat
3.2.4. Msat-160
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Lamelas, L.; Arroyo, M.; Fernández, F.J.; Marchal, J.A.; Sánchez, A. Structural and Evolutionary Relationships in the Giant Sex Chromosomes of Three Microtus Species. Genes 2018, 9, 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9010027
Lamelas L, Arroyo M, Fernández FJ, Marchal JA, Sánchez A. Structural and Evolutionary Relationships in the Giant Sex Chromosomes of Three Microtus Species. Genes. 2018; 9(1):27. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9010027
Chicago/Turabian StyleLamelas, Luz, María Arroyo, Francisco Javier Fernández, Juan Alberto Marchal, and Antonio Sánchez. 2018. "Structural and Evolutionary Relationships in the Giant Sex Chromosomes of Three Microtus Species" Genes 9, no. 1: 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9010027
APA StyleLamelas, L., Arroyo, M., Fernández, F. J., Marchal, J. A., & Sánchez, A. (2018). Structural and Evolutionary Relationships in the Giant Sex Chromosomes of Three Microtus Species. Genes, 9(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9010027