Ultrastructural studies of the nucleoli in diploid and trisomic chickens.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109489

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Ultrastructural studies of the nucleoli in diploid and trisomic chickens.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Macera M J, Bloom S E

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Chickens having a trisomic complement for the nucleolar organizer region (NOR) serve as a model for investigations on gene expression, molecular regulation, and physiological alterations resulting from extra genetic material. Of fundamental importance is the question of whether the extra set of r...

Topics

Animals
Cell Nucleolus
Chickens
Histocytochemistry
Microscopy, Electron
Nucleolus Organizer Region
Phenotype
RNA
Silver
Staining and Labeling
Trisomy

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