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The multiple sex chromosomes of platypus and echidna are not completely identical and several share homology with the avian Z

BACKGROUND: Sex-determining systems have evolved independently in vertebrates. Placental mammals and marsupials have an XY system, birds have a ZW system. Reptiles and amphibians have different systems, including temperature-dependent sex determination, and XY and ZW systems that differ in origin fr...

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Autores principales: Rens, Willem, O'Brien, Patricia CM, Grützner, Frank, Clarke, Oliver, Graphodatskaya, Daria, Tsend-Ayush, Enkhjargal, Trifonov, Vladimir A, Skelton, Helen, Wallis, Mary C, Johnston, Steve, Veyrunes, Frederic, Graves, Jennifer AM, Ferguson-Smith, Malcolm A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2258203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18021405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2007-8-11-r243