Male-biased distribution of the human Y chromosomal genes SRY and ZFY in the lizard Calotes versicolor, which lacks sex chromosomes and temperature-dependent sex determination

Chromosome Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 413-419

  Ganesh, Subramaniam ^a   Mohanty, Jayashree ^a   Raman, Rajiva ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Evolution; Reptiles; Sex determination; SRY; ZFY

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENOME; KARYOTYPE; LIZARD; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LIZARDS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030784708     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018452526903     Document Type: Article

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