Molecular cytogenetic map of the central bearded dragon, Pogona vitticeps (Squamata: Agamidae)

Chromosome Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 361-374

  Young, M J ^a   O'Meally, D ^a   Sarre, S D ^a   Georges, A ^a   Ezaz, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

FISH; Karyotype; Microchromosome; Reptile; Sex chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME PREPARATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CYTOGENETICS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GENOME SIZE; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MICROCHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POGONA VITTICEPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOGENETICS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; LIZARDS; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SNAKES; TURTLES;

AGAMIDAE; AMNIOTA; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; PELODISCUS SINENSIS; POGONA VITTICEPS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84880811612     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-013-9362-z     Document Type: Article

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