Origin and evolution of parthenogenetic genomes in lizards: Current state and future directions

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 127, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 261-272

  Fujita, M K ^a   Moritz, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asexual; Genomics; Mitochondrial genome; Parthenogenesis; Reptile; Sex; Squamate

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; DNA REPLICATION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; LIZARD; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77951877586     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000295177     Document Type: Review

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