title: Localization of a vertebrate telomeric sequence in the chromosomes of two marine worms (phylum Annelida: class polychaeta).
abstract: Using the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique, the presence of the vertebrate telomeric sequence (TTAGGG)n was found in the chromosomes of two marine polychaetes belonging to two separate orders: one errant, Platynereis dumerilii (family Nereidae), and the other sessile, Pomatoceros lamarckii (family Serpulidae). This sequence was exclusively present at the ends of the chromosomes in both species.
authors.affiliation: Brixham Environmental Laboratory, ZENECA Limited, Devon, UK.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dominquez
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Balajee
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Natarajan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000845:Annelida / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011077:Polychaeta / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013045:Species Specificity; D016615:Telomere / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000235:genetics*