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Geographic variation in sex-chromosome differentiation in the common frog (Rana temporaria).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2014
Rodrigues Nicolas, Merilä Juha, Patrelle Cécile, Perrin Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
In sharp contrast with birds and mammals, sex-determination systems in ectothermic vertebrates are often highly dynamic and sometimes multifactorial. Both environmental and genetic effects have been documented in common frogs (Rana temporaria). One genetic linkage group, mapping to the largest pair of chromosomes and harbouring the candidate sex-determining gene Dmrt1, associates with sex in several populations...
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