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An autoradiographic study of [3H]uridine incorporation was performed on spermatocytes of Apodemus peninsulae at pachytene. The absence of transcriptional activity of the B-chromosomes is discussed with regard to their heterochromatic nature.
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Ishak, B., Jaafar, H., Maetz, J.L. et al. Absence of transcriptional activity of the B-chromosomes of Apodemus peninsulae during pachytene. Chromosoma 100, 278–281 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344162
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344162