The ZW pairs of two paleognath birds from two orders show transitional stages of sex chromosome differentiation

Chromosome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 541-551

  Pigozzi, M I ^a   Solari, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Avian ZW pair; Meiotic recombination; Recombination nodules; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PALAEOGNATHAE; PTEROCNEMIA PENNATA; RHEIFORMES; RHYNCHOTUS RUFESCENS; TINAMIDAE; TINAMIFORMES;

EID: 0032709062     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009241528994     Document Type: Article

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