A large pseudoautosomal region on the Sex chromosomes of the frog Silurana tropicalis

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1087-1098

  Bewick, Adam J ^a   Chain, Frédéric J J ^b   Zimmerman, Lyle B ^c   Sesay, Abdul ^c   Gilchrist, Michael J ^c   Owens, Nick D L ^c   Seifertova, Eva ^d   Krylov, Vladimir ^d   Macha, Jaroslav ^d   Tlapakova, Tereza ^d   Kubickova, Svatava ^e   Cernohorska, Halina ^e   Zarsky, Vojtech ^d   Evans, Ben J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

African clawed frogs; Pseudoautosomal region; Recombination; Sex chromosome; Sex determination; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CLAWED FROGS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PSEUDOAUTOSOMAL REGION; RECOMBINATION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; XENOPUS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

AFRICAN CLAWED FROGS; PSEUDOAUTOSOMAL REGION; RECOMBINATION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; XENOPUS;

EID: 84879797668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt073     Document Type: Article

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