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Core-SINE blocks comprise a large fraction of monotreme genomes; implications for vertebrate chromosome evolution

Date

Authors

Kirby, Patrick J

Greaves, Ian

Koina, Edda

Waters, Paul

Graves, Jennifer

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract

The genomes of the egg-laying platypus and echidna are of particular interest because monotremes are the most basal mammal group. The chromosomal distribution of an ancient family of short interspersed repeats (SINEs), the core-SINEs, was investigated to

Keywords

Keywords: article; chromosome; DNA sequence; echidna; fluorescence in situ hybridization; genome; genome analysis; monotremate; nonhuman; nucleotide sequence; phylogeny; platypus; polymerase chain reaction; priority journal; short interspersed repeat; vertebrate; A Core-SINE; Echidna; Fluorescence in-situ hybridization; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; Platypus; Tachyglossus

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/56739

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Chromosome Research

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s10577-007-1187-1

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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01_Kirby_Core-SINE_blocks_comprise_a_2007.pdf (324.28 KB)

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