Heteromorphic ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes sharing gene content with mammalian XX/XY are conserved in Madagascan chameleons of the genus Furcifer.

Chameleons Homology Karyotypes Microdissection Sex chromosomes qPCR

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Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

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Date de publication:
28 Feb 2024
Historique:
received: 01 12 2023
accepted: 23 02 2024
medline: 29 2 2024
pubmed: 29 2 2024
entrez: 28 2 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Chameleons are well-known lizards with unique morphology and physiology, but their sex determination has remained poorly studied. Madagascan chameleons of the genus Furcifer have cytogenetically distinct Z and W sex chromosomes and occasionally Z

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pubmed: 38418601
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-55431-9
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-55431-9
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eng

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Organisme : Grantová Agentura České Republiky
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Organisme : Charles University Research Centre Program
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Auteurs

Michail Rovatsos (M)

Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. michail.rovatsos@natur.cuni.cz.

Sofia Mazzoleni (S)

Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

Barbora Augstenová (B)

Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

Marie Altmanová (M)

Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic.

Petr Velenský (P)

Prague Zoological Garden, Prague, Czech Republic.

Frank Glaw (F)

Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), Munich, Germany.

Antonio Sanchez (A)

Department of Experimental Biology, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain.

Lukáš Kratochvíl (L)

Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

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