title: Differential rates of sister chromatid exchanges between euchromatin and heterochromatin.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D006570:Heterochromatin