Drosophila virilis has atypical kinds and arrangements of histone repeats.

doi:10.1007/s004120050339

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Drosophila virilis has atypical kinds and arrangements of histone repeats.

Chromosoma - 1 Dec 1998

Schienman J E, Lozovskaya E R, Strausbaugh L D

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Genomic and P1 clone DNAs of Drosophila virilis were analyzed to determine the structure and organization of histone genes in this species. The species contains unique and variable repeat types, in comparison with the related species Drosophila melanogaster, with quartet repeats lacking the H1 ge...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Chromosome Mapping
DNA Primers
Drosophila
Drosophila melanogaster
Genetic Variation
Histones
Multigene Family
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Restriction Mapping

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