Chromosome banding in Amphibia: XXVIII. Homomorphic XY sex chromosomes and a derived Y-autosome translocation in Eleutherodactylus riveroi (Anura, Leptodactylidae)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-73

  Schmid, M ^a   Feichtinger, W ^a   Steinlein, C ^a   Visbal Garcia R ^b   Fernandez Badillo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; ELEUTHREODACTYLUS RIVEROI; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FROG; FROGS AND TOADS; GENE FUSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOME SIZE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA; VERTEBRATE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHROMOSOME BANDING; FEMALE; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS BIPORCATUS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; ROBERTSONIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345448761     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073420     Document Type: Article

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