A Proof of Female Heterogamety in a Lacertid Lizard, Ophisops elegans
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by International Society of Cytology in CYTOLOGIA
- Vol. 41 (3-4), 507-511
- https://doi.org/10.1508/cytologia.41.507
Abstract
The diploid number of chromosomes in Ophisops elegans in 38-36 macro- and 2 micro-chromosomes in the males and 35 macro and 3 micro-chromosomes in the females. The sex determining mechanism is of the ZZ:ZW type. The Z-chromosomes are represented by the smallest pair of macro-chromosomes and the W-chromosome consists of the micro-chromosome which is even smaller than the pair of micro-chromosomes (pair 19).This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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