Differential rates of sister chromatid exchanges between euchromatin and heterochromatin.
In two rodent species, the Chinese hamster and the montane vole (Microtus montanus), the rate of sister chromatid exchange was lower in constitutive heterochromatin than in euchromatin.
D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae; D002842:Chromatids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D003434:Crossing Over, Genetic; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012730:Sex Chromosomes / Q000378:metabolism
D002843:Chromatin; D006570:Heterochromatin