Cytogenetic studies of Hynobiidae (Urodela): XVIII. A ZZ/ZW sex-determining mechanism in a hynobiid salamander species, Hynobius tokyoensis Tago

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 194-199

  Kuro o, M ^a,b   Ikebe, C ^b   Izumisawa, Y ^b   Fujinuki, Y ^b   Sasaki, K ^b   Saso, K ^b   Akaba, K ^c   Kohno, S ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Prefectural Motegi High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME HIGH RESOLUTION BANDING ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME R BAND; CYTOGENETICS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HYNOBIUS TOKYOENSIS; JAPAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MICROCHROMOSOME; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SILVER STAINING;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; URODELA;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; HYNOBIIDAE; HYNOBIUS;

EID: 0344961792     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071593     Document Type: Article

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