Genes (Feb 2019)

Evolution, Composition and Regulation of Supernumerary B Chromosomes

Andreas Houben,
Neil Jones,
Cesar Martins,
Vladimir Trifonov

Affiliations

Andreas Houben: Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
Neil Jones: Aberystwyth University, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Edward Llwyd Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth SY23 3DA, UK
Cesar Martins: Institute of Bioscience at Botucatu, São Paulo State University—UNESP, Botucatu, SP 18618, Brazil
Vladimir Trifonov: Laboratory of Comparative Genomics, Department of the Diversity and Evolution of Genomes, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10020161
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 2
p. 161

Abstract

Supernumerary B chromosomes (Bs) are dispensable genetic elements found in thousands of species of plants and animals, and some fungi [...]

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Published in Genes

ISSN: 2073-4425 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Genetics
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/genes/

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