Are some chromosomes particularly good at sex? Insights from amniotes

Chromosome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-19

  O'Meally, Denis ^a,b   Ezaz, Tariq ^b   Georges, Arthur ^b   Sarre, Stephen D ^b   Graves, Jennifer A Marshall ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amniotes; bird; mammal; Ohnologs; sex chromosome evolution; snake; whole genome duplication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; SEX; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNTENY; VERTEBRATES;

AMNIOTA; AVES; GEKKONIDAE; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; THERIA;

EID: 84857358070     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-011-9266-8     Document Type: Article

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