A cryptic heterogametic transition revealed by sex-linked DNA markers in Palearctic green toads

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1064-1070

  Stock M ^a   Croll, D ^a,b   Dumas, Z ^a,c   Biollay, S ^a   Wang, J ^a,d   Perrin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Bufo viridis subgroup; Male heterogamety; Sex chromosomes; Sex linked marker

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CHROMOSOME; CRYPSIS; DNA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; PALEARCTIC REGION; RECOMBINATION; SEX RATIO; SEX REVERSAL; TOAD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; BUFO; BUFO BUFO; BUFO DEBILIS; BUFO VIRIDIS; BUFONIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955024435     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02239.x     Document Type: Article

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