Maps of Constitutive-Heterochromatin Distribution for Four <i>Martes</i> Species (Mustelidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) Show the Formative Role of Macrosatellite Repeats in Interspecific Variation of Chromosome Structure.
Violetta R Beklemisheva,
Natalya A Lemskaya,
Dmitry Yu Prokopov,
Polina L Perelman,
Svetlana A Romanenko,
Anastasia A Proskuryakova,
Natalya A Serdyukova,
Yaroslav A Utkin,
Wenhui Nie,
Malcolm A Ferguson-Smith,
Fentang Yang,
Alexander S Graphodatsky
Mar 28, 2023
Constitutive-heterochromatin placement in the genome affects chromosome structure by occupying centromeric areas and forming large blocks. To investigate the basis for heterochromatin variation in the genome, we chose a group of...