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Amplification of a long terminal repeat-like element on the Y chromosome of the platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus.
Chromosoma - 1 Jun 2000
Nanda I, Volff J N, Weis S, Körting C, Froschauer A, Schmid M, Schartl M
Abstract excerpt
The platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus), in which sex chromosomes are evident from stable and predictable inheritance of sex, is one of the best-studied lower vertebrates with respect to sex determination. In order to identify the structural equivalent for this in the karyotype, which does not contain heteromorphic pairs of chromosomes, two sex-linked molecular probes were used for fluorescent in situ hybridization...
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