Chromosome evolution in the lizard genus gekko (Gekkonidae, Squamata, Reptilia) in the East Asian Islands

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 127, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 182-190

  Shibaike, Y ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Arikura, I ^a   Iiizumi, R ^a   Kitakawa, S ^a   Sakai, M ^a   Imaoka, C ^a   Shiro, H ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Akakubo, N ^a   Nakano, M ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Ohne, K ^a   Kubota, S ^a   Kohno, S ^a   Ota, H ^b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytotaxonomy; East Asia; Evolution; Gekko; Gekkonidae; Reptilia; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KARYOTYPING; LIZARD; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FAR EAST; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; KARYOTYPING; LIZARDS; MALE; SILVER STAINING;

GEKKO; GEKKO HOKOUENSIS; GEKKO JAPONICUS; GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77951877642     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000303334     Document Type: Article

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