Email this article B Chromosomes
- Authors: Borisov Y.M.1, Myshliavkina T.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 9, No 2 (2019)
- Pages: 105-118
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2079-0864/article/view/206919
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079086419020038
- ID: 206919
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Abstract
Modern data on the origin and biological significance of B chromosomes in plants and animals, their structure and evolution, and dynamics and polymorphism are considered. Some examples of various animal and plant species show a possible role of population variability in the number and morphological types of B chromosomes.
About the authors
Yu. M. Borisov
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: boris@sevin.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071
T. A. Myshliavkina
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: boris@sevin.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071
