The ZW sex chromosomes of Gekko hokouensis (Gekkonidae, Squamata) represent highly conserved homology with those of avian species

Chromosoma

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-51

  Kawai, Aya ^a   Ishijima, Junko ^a   Nishida, Chizuko ^a   Kosaka, Ayumi ^a   Ota, Hidetoshi ^b   Kohno, Sei Ichi ^c   Matsuda, Yoichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FEMALE; FOWL; GEKKO HOKOUENSIS; GENE MAPPING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; JAPAN; LIZARD; MALE; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; LIZARDS; MALE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

AVES; GEKKO HOKOUENSIS; GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 58349105169     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-008-0176-2     Document Type: Article

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