An XX/XY sex microchromosome system in a freshwater turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Testudines: Chelidae) with genetic sex determination

Chromosome Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-150

  Ezaz, Tariq ^a   Valenzuela, Nicole ^b   Grützner, Frank ^a   Miura, Ikuo ^c   Georges, Arthur ^d   Burke, Russell L ^e   Graves, Jennifer A Marshall ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^e HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CGH; Chelodina longicollis; Comparative genomic hybridization; Eastern snake necked turtle; Microchromosomes; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; C BANDING; CHROMOSOME HIGH RESOLUTION BANDING ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MICROCHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; TURTLE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STAINING AND LABELING; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CHELIDAE; CHELODINA LONGICOLLIS; PHRYNOPS HILARII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33644962512     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-006-1029-6     Document Type: Article

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