Evolution of the spindlin gene in birds: Independent cessation of the recombination of sex chromosomes at the spindlin locus in neognathous birds and tinamous, a palaeognathous avian family

Genetica

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-342

  De Kloet, R S ^a   De Kloet, S R ^a  

^a Avian Biotech Int   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Evolution; Sex chromosomes; Spindlin gene; Tinamous

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE COMPONENTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

AVES; PALAEOGNATHAE; TINAMIFORMES;

EID: 0346777236     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GENE.0000003842.72339.df     Document Type: Article

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