GenesAnimalsSex ChromosomesBirdsMaleIn Situ Hybridization
Comparative Chromosomal Analysis of the Z Chromosome in South American Bird Species Shows a High Rate of Intrachromosomal Rearrangements.
Marie Rosellynn C Enguito, Analía Del Valle Garnero, Ricardo José Gunski, Marcelo Santos de Souza, Rebecca E O'Connor, Kornsorn Srikulnath, Worapong Singchat, Edivaldo Herculano Correa de Oliveira, Michael N Romanov, Darren Karl Griffin, Rafael Kretschmer
Published: 202610.3390/genes17010112
Abstract
Background: Intrachromosomal rearrangements in birds play a subtle but important role in shaping genomic evolution, phenotypic diversity and speciation. However, the avian sex chromosome system (homogametic ZZ males; heterogametic ZW females) remains…
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