Patterns of DNase I sensitivity in the chromosomes of the grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus (Orthoptera)
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- DOI: 10.1007/BF02254946
Patterns of DNase I sensitivity in the chromosomes of the grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus (Orthoptera)
Abstract
We have analysed the patterns of DNase I/nick translation in the chromosomes of the grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus erythropus. Sites of preferential DNase I-nicking were concentrated at the distal chromosome regions, thus showing the non-uniform DNase I sensitivity of different chromosome domains. Among centromeric C-bands, the heterochromatin of metacentric and acrocentric chromosomes differed with respect to their DNase I resistance.