Observation of a ZZW female in a natural population: Implications for avian sex determination

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2004, Pages

  Arlt, D ^a,b   Bensch, S ^a   Hansson, B ^a   Hasselquist, D ^a   Westerdahl, H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Chromosomal aberration; Sex determination; W chromosome; ZZW

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

BIRD; CHROMOSOME; SEX ALLOCATION;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOWL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SRY GENE;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; GALLIFORMES; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 2342614202     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0155     Document Type: Article

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