ISSN:
1420-9071
Keywords:
Constitutive heterochromatin
;
Microtus cabrerae
;
replication
;
bromosubstitution
;
sex chromosomes
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract We used bromosubstitution to investigate the mode of replication of different types of heterochromatin located in the sex chromosomes ofMicrotus cabrerae. Our results clearly show that, although the heterochromatin is late replicating, the replication timing of different types of constitutive heterochromatin is related to their banding properties: R-type heterochromatin replicates before G-type heterochromatin, and this replication is asynchronous in both sex chromosomes. Furthermore, the late replication behaviour of the inactive X may spread to its constitutive heterochromatin. In some cells, a region of the constitutive heterochromatin of the late replicating X spontaneously switches to early replication, which may be related to transcriptional activity. Replication behaviour of the constitutive heterochromatin in the Y chromosome is similar to that of the late replicating X.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01948012
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