Mammals that break the rules: Genetics of marsupials and monotremes

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1996, Pages 233-260

  Marshall Graves, Jennifer A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

comparative genetics; genome evolution; mammals; marsupials and monotremes; sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MARSUPIALIA; MONOTREMATA; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0342887321     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.30.1.233     Document Type: Review

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