Structural differences between XX and ZW sex lampbrush chromosomes in Rana rugosa females (Anura: Ranidae)

Chromosoma

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-241

  Miura, Ikuo ^a   Ohtani, Hiromi ^a   Kashiwagi, Akihiko ^a   Hanada, Hideki ^a   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME XP; CHROMOSOME XQ; FEMALE; FROG; NONHUMAN; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANURA; RANA RUGOSA; RANIDAE;

EID: 0029819238     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02528772     Document Type: Article

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