The ZW lampbrush chromosomes of birds: A unique opportunity to look at the molecular cytogenetics of sex chromosomes

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 149-157

  Mizuno, Shigeki ^a   Macgregor, H ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CYTOGENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 0031595122     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014972     Document Type: Review

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