Phylogeny of sex-determining mechanisms in squamate reptiles: are sex chromosomes an evolutionary trap?

2009/04/21 by MARTINA POKORNÁ, Martina Pokorná, LUKÁŠ KRATOCHVÍL +1 · 236 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities #Genetic diversity and population structure #Genetics #Phylogenetics #Trap (plumbing) #Zoology

paper · open access · doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00481.x

published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156(1), 168-183 (Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

Pokorná, Martina, Kratochvíl, Lukáš (2009): Phylogeny of sex-determining mechanisms in squamate reptiles: are sex chromosomes an evolutionary trap? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (1): 168-183, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00481.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00481.x

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