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- Tatiana V. Danilova and James A. Birchler, 2008. Integrated cytogenetic map of mitotic metaphase chromosome 9 of maize: resolution, sensitivity and banding paint development. Chromosoma 117: 345-356.
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- Jonathan C. Lamb, Julie M. Meyer, Blake Corcoran, Akio Kato, Fangpu Han and James A. Birchler, 2007. Distinct chromosomal distributions of highly repetitive sequences in maize. Chromosome Research, published online.
- Jonathan C. Lamb, Julie M. Meyer and James A. Birchler, 2007. A hemicentric inversion in the maize line knobless Tama flint created two sites of centromeric elements and moved the kinetochore-forming region. Chromosoma 116: 237-247.
- Jonathan C. Lamb, Nicole C. Riddle, Ya-ming Cheng, James Theuri and James A. Birchler, 2007. Localization and transcription of a retrotransposon-derived element on the maize B chromosome. Chromosome Research 15: 33-49.
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- Jonathan C. Lamb and James A. Birchler, 2006. Retroelement Genome Painting: Cytological visualization of retroelement expansions in the genera Zea and Tripsacum. Genetics 173: 1007-1021.
- Matthew J. Bauer and James A. Birchler, 2006. Organization of endoreduplicated chromosomes in the endosperm of Zea mays L. Chromosoma, published online.
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