Recombination and nucleotide diversity in the sex chromosomal pseudoautosomal region of the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-136

  Janes, Daniel E ^a   Ezaz, Tariq ^b   Marshall Graves, Jennifer A ^b   Edwards, Scott V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial artificial chromosomes; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Nucleotide diversity; Pseudoautosomal region; Recombination; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOMAL PSEUDOAUTOSOMAL REGION; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; EMU; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DROMAIIDAE; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TELOMERE;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROMAIIDAE; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

EID: 60249086300     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esn065     Document Type: Article

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