Comparative painting reveals strong chromosome homology over 80 million years of bird evolution

Chromosome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-295

  Shetty, Swathi ^a   Griffin, Darren K ^b   Graves, Jennifer A Marshall ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken; Emu; Microchromosomes; Sex chromosomes; ZOO FISH

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; KARYOTYPE; MICROCHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; DROMAIIDAE; EVOLUTION; KARYOTYPING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; GALLUS GALLUS; PALAEOGNATHAE;

EID: 0343320348     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009278914829     Document Type: Article

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