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SUBMITTER: O'Connor RE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6394684 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
O'Connor Rebecca E RE Kiazim Lucas L Skinner Ben B Fonseka Gothami G Joseph Sunitha S Jennings Rebecca R Larkin Denis M DM Griffin Darren K DK
Chromosoma 20181117 1
The structure and organization of a species genome at a karyotypic level, and in interphase nuclei, have broad functional significance. Although regular sized chromosomes are studied extensively in this regard, microchromosomes, which are present in many terrestrial vertebrates, remain poorly explored. Birds have more cytologically indistinguishable microchromosomes (~ 30 pairs) than other vertebrates; however, the degree to which genome organization patterns at a karyotypic and interphase level ...[more]