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Short Communications
Identification of sequences homologous to the mobile element of maize in the nuclear and chloroplast genomes of cotton
1Sadykov A. S., 1Mukhamedov R. S., 1Tuneyev V. M., 1Gizatullin R. Z., 1Abdukarimov A. A.
  1. Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR
    Tashkent, USSR

Abstract

Sequences homologous to the mobile genetic maize element Ds-6233 in nuclear and chloroplast genomes of different species and cultivars of cotton are identified by blot-hybridization. The pattern of hybridization is different in various cultivars and species.

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