Article
[The biological aspects of chromatin diminution].
Zhurnal obshchei biologii - 1 Jan 2000
Akif'ev A P, Grishanin A K
Abstract excerpt
The chromatine diminution (CD), first discovered by Boveri (1887) in ascarids, represents programmed elimination of a part of genetic material in the nuclei of the somatic cells in cyclops and ascarids, and in the protist macronuclei. The CD can be considered as a macromutation sharply changing chromosomal structure, though minimally effecting the phenotype. The analysis of CD is of significance for discussing...
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