A ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system in the thick-tailed gecko (Underwoodisaurus milii; Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae), a member of the ancient gecko lineage

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 190-196

  Pokorna M ^a,b   Rens, W ^c   Rovatsos, M ^a   Kratochvil L ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interstitial telomeric signals; Lizard; Phylogeny; Sex chromosomes; Sex determination; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ARTICLE; C BANDING; CHROMOSOME ZW; CHROMOSOME ZZ; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SQUAMATE; TELOMERE; UNDERWOODISAURUS MILII; LIZARD; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

GEKKONIDAE; GEKKOTA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

EID: 84900301843     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000358847     Document Type: Article

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