Sex determination diversity and sex chromosome evolution in poeciliid fish

Sexual Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 68-77

  Schultheis, C ^a   Bohne A ^a   Schartl, M ^b   Volff, J N ^a   Galiana Arnoux, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity; Evolution; Poecilid; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME; CLONING; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EVOLUTION; FISH; FRESHWATER FISH; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GUPPY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SPECIES; SYNTENY; X CHROMOSOME; XIPHOPHORUS ALVAREZI; XIPHOPHORUS CORTEZI; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS; XIPHOPHORUS VARIATUS; Y CHROMOSOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POECILIIDAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

EID: 69249089410     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000223072     Document Type: Review

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