Karyological characterization of the butterfly lizard (leiolepis reevesii rubritaeniata, agamidae, squamata) by molecular cytogenetic approach

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-223

  Srikulnath, K ^a,b   Matsubara, K ^c   Uno, Y ^b   Thongpan, A ^a   Suputtitada, S ^a   Apisitwanich, S ^a   Matsuda, Y ^b,c,d   Nishida, C ^b,c  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Biosystems Science Course   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butterfly lizard; CGH; FISH; Gene mapping; Microchromosome; RNA genes; Sex chromosome; Tandem fusion; Telomere

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; FISH; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE; LEIOLEPIS REEVESII RUBRITAENIATA; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; LIZARDS; MALE; MEIOSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S;

AGAMIDAE; LEIOLEPINAE; LEIOLEPIS REEVESII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70349141834     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000230005     Document Type: Article

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