Cytogenetics and molecular data in snakes: A phylogenetic approach

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 127, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 128-142

  Oguiura, N ^a   Ferrarezzi, H ^a   Batistic, R F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mitochondrial genome; Phylogeny; Serpentes; Snake karyotypes; Snake venoms; Toxins

Indexed keywords

CYTOSOLIC PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; RIBOSOME DNA; TOXIN; TRANSFER RNA;

CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CYTOGENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; EXON; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; KARYOTYPE; MICROCHROMOSOME; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOGENETICS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; KARYOTYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 77951880972     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000295789     Document Type: Review

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