The long and the short of avian W chromosomes: No evidence for gradual W shortening

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 636-638

  Rutkowska, Joanna ^a   Lagisz, Malgorzata ^b   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^b,c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian karyotype; Sex chromosome; W degeneration

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; KARYOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY; SELECTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TIMESCALE;

AVES;

EID: 84864474809     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0083     Document Type: Article

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