Evidence for heteromorphic sex chromosomes in males of Rana tagoi and Rana sakuraii in Nishitama district of Tokyo (Anura: Ranidae)

Chromosome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-42

  Ryuzaki, Masashi ^a   Hanada, Hideki ^b   Okumoto, Hitoshi ^b   Takizawa, Naosada ^a   Nishioka, Midori ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frog; Heteromorphic sex chromosomes; Karyotypes; Ranidae; XX XY sex chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; GIEMSA STAIN; JAPAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; STAINING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; AZURE STAINS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; FEMALE; JAPAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MITOSIS; RANIDAE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA SAKURAII; RANA TAGOI; RANIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0032991957     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009271110980     Document Type: Article

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