Evolution of multiple sex chromosomes in the spider genus Malthonica (Araneae: Agelenidae) indicates unique structure of the spider sex chromosome systems

Chromosome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 863-879

  Král, Jiří ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chromosome inactivation; Chromosome pairing; Malthonica; Meiosis; Sex chromosome; Spider

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONDISJUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOCYTE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPIDERS;

AGELENIDAE; ARANEAE;

EID: 36349033968     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-007-1169-3     Document Type: Article

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