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Ezaz, T., Valenzuela, N., Grutzner, F., Miura, I., Georges, A., Burke, R. L., & Marshall Graves, J. A. (2006). An xx/xy sex microchromosome system in a freshwater turtle, chelodina longicollis (testudines: chelidae) with genetic sex determination. Chromosome Research, 14(2), 139–150.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Ezaz2006 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Chelidae, Chelodina, Chelodina longicollis, Fortpflanzung = reproduction, Genetik = genetics, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Zeitigung = incubation Creators: Burke, Ezaz, Georges, Grutzner, Marshall Graves, Miura, Valenzuela Collection: Chromosome Research |
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Heteromorphic sex chromosomes are rare in turtles, having been described in only four species. Like many turtle species, the Australian freshwater turtle Chelodina longicollis has genetic sex determination, but no distinguishable (heteromorphic) sex chromosomes were identified in a previous karyotyping study. We used comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) to show that C. longicollis has an XX/XY system of chromosomal sex determination, involving a pair of microchromosomes. C-banding and reverse fluorescent staining also distinguished microchromosomes with different banding patterns in males and females in approximately 70% cells examined. GTG-banding did not reveal any heteromorphic chromosomes, and no replication asynchrony on the X or Y microchromosomes was observed using replication banding. We conclude that there is a very small sequence difference between X and Y chromosomes in this species, a difference that is consistently detectable only by high-resolution molecular cytogenetic techniques, such as CGH. This is the first time a pair of microchromosomes has been identified as the sex chromosomes in a turtle species.
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