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The EVO-DEVO of Pericentromeric DNA in the Mouse

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The path from genome to function is becoming shorter and shorter thanks to the flood of sequence data, advanced bioinformatics techniques and new approaches to study genome-wide expression profiling and protein molecules. Today, astonishing as it may seem, the challenge of a molecular understanding of very complex developmental and evolutionary processes seems open.

This chapter is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Alfred Gropp, great cytologist and unforgettable friend, on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of his description of the Mus poschiavinus karyotype. Many of us still have a vivid remembrance of his enthusiasm for biological research and nature. The milestone contributions he made, till his premature death in October 1983 soon after the Luebeck Chromosome Conference, continue to nourish the scientific community.

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  2. Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, Universita’ “La Sapienza” Roma, Via Alfonso Borelli, 50 - 00161, Roma, Italy

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Garagna, S., Capanna, E., Zuccotti, M., Redi, C.A. (2004). The EVO-DEVO of Pericentromeric DNA in the Mouse. In: Schmid, M., Nanda, I. (eds) Chromosomes Today. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1033-6_16

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