Restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) reveals an extraordinary number of transitions among gecko sex-determining systems

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1296-1309

  Gamble, Tony ^a,b   Coryell, Jessi ^b   Ezaz, Tariq ^c   Lynch, Joshua ^a,b   Scantlebury, Daniel P ^d   Zarkower, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

evolution; lizard; phylogeny; reptile; sex chromosome

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CYTOGENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FISH; GAMETE; GECKO; LIZARD; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION SITE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SNAKE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LIZARDS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SNAKES;

EID: 84929645947     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv023     Document Type: Article

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