The monotreme genome: A patchwork of reptile, mammal and unique features?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 867-881

  Grützner, Frank ^a   Deakin, Janine ^a   Rens, Willem ^b   El Mogharbel, Nisrine ^a   Marshall Graves, Jennifer A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome and sex chromosome evolution; Comparative mapping; Genomic imprinting; Monotremes; Translocation chain; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; MAMMAL; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERM; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; REPTILIA; THERIA;

EID: 0344436672     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2003.09.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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