B chromosomes

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Definition

B chromosomes are small supernumerary chromosomes found in many eukaryotic nuclei that are believed to be largely non-coding and probably parasitic on the host genome.

References

Burt, A. and R.L. Trivers (2005). Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.

Camacho J.P.M., T.F. Sharbel, and L.W. Beukeboom (2000). B-chromosome evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 355:163-178.

Camacho, J.P.M. (ed.) (2004). B Chromosomes in the Eukaryote Genome. Special issue of Cytogenetic and Genome Research, vol. 106, nos. 2-4.

Camacho, J.P.M. (2005). B chromosomes. In The Evolution of the Genome (ed. T.R. Gregory), Elsevier, San Diego, pp. 223-286

Jones, R.N. and H. Rees (1982). B Chromosomes. Academic Press, New York.