Non-homologous sex chromosomes of birds and snakes share repetitive sequences

Chromosome Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 787-800

  O'Meally, Denis ^a,b   Patel, Hardip R ^a   Stiglec, Rami ^a   Sarre, Stephen D ^b   Georges, Arthur ^b   Marshall Graves, Jennifer A ^a   Ezaz, Tariq ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aves; Bkm; degeneration; evolution; repeats; Serpentes; sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CTNNB1 GENE; DMRT1 GENE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTRON; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHOMOLOGOUS SEX CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SNAKE; SPECIES; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; METAPHASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SNAKES; SYNTENY;

AVES; COLUBRIDAE; ELAPIDAE; LIASIS FUSCUS; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; SERPENTES; STEGONOTUS CUCULLATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649958702     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-010-9152-9     Document Type: Article

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