Identification of 2nd chromosome region translocated onto the W chromosome by RFLP with EST-cDNA clones in the Gensei-kouken strains of the mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L

In silkworms, sex-limited strains are either obtained spontaneously or induced by X-rays or gamma rays. When a fragment of an autosome carrying a dominant allele of those genes responsible for certain characters is translocated onto a W chromosome, the female of the successive generations will expre...

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Main Authors: Sivaramakurup Sreekumar, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Ken-ichi Nagayasu, Wajiro Hara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2010-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572010000100007