Evidence for the presence of sex chromosomes in the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from synaptonemal complex analysis of XX, XY and YY genotypes

Aquaculture

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 207-218

  Carrasco, Luis A P ^a   Penman, David J ^a   Bromage, Niall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Meiosis; Oreochromis niloticus; Sex chromosomes; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0033616815     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(98)00488-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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