Evolution of the avian sex chromosomes and their role in sex determination

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 188-192

  Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

BIRD; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUTOSOME; BIRD; CHROMOSOME MAP; EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0034193985     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01821-8     Document Type: Review

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