Reassessment of genome size in turtle and crocodile based on chromosome measurement by flow karyotyping: Close similarity to chicken

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 631-635

  Kasai, Fumio ^a   O'Brien, Patricia C M ^a   Ferguson Smith, Malcolm A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome size; GC content; Genome size; Reptile genome evolution

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHROMOSOME; CROCODILIAN; DATA SET; GENOME; KARYOTYPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POULTRY; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; DEIROCHELYS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 84862316434     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0141     Document Type: Article

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