Highly Differentiated ZW Sex Microchromosomes in the Australian Varanus Species Evolved through Rapid Amplification of Repetitive Sequences

Sequence and gene content of a large fragment of a lizard sex chromosome and evaluation of candidate sex differentiating gene R-spondin 1

(2013) Tariq Ezaz et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Karyotype evolution in monitor lizards: cross-species chromosome mapping of cDNA reveals highly conserved synteny and gene order in the Toxicofera clade

(2013) Kornsorn Srikulnath et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Karyotypic analysis and FISH mapping of microsatellite motifs reveal highly differentiated XX/XY sex chromosomes in the pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella, Pygopodidae, Squamata)

(2013) Kazumi Matsubara et al.   Molecular Cytogenetics

Comparative Sex Chromosome Genomics in Snakes: Differentiation, Evolutionary Strata, and Lack of Global Dosage Compensation

(2013) Beatriz Vicoso et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Molecular evidence for an Asian origin of monitor lizards followed by Tertiary dispersals to Africa and Australasia

(2012) N. Vidal et al.   Biology Letters

Transitions Between Sex-Determining Systems in Reptiles and Amphibians

(2011) Stephen D. Sarre et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Non-homologous sex chromosomes of birds and snakes share repetitive sequences

(2010) Denis O’Meally et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Sex Chromosome Evolution in Lizards: Independent Origins and Rapid Transitions

(2010) T. Ezaz et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

Repetitive DNAs and Differentiation of Sex Chromosomes in Neotropical Fishes

(2010) M.B. Cioffi et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

A simple non-invasive protocol to establish primary cell lines from tail and toe explants for cytogenetic studies in Australian dragon lizards (Squamata: Agamidae)

(2009) Tariq Ezaz et al.   CYTOTECHNOLOGY

Phylogeny of sex-determining mechanisms in squamate reptiles: are sex chromosomes an evolutionary trap?

(2009) MARTINA POKORNÁ et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Timing of a mtDNA gene rearrangement and intercontinental dispersal of varanid lizards

(2008) Sayed A. M. Amer et al.   GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS

Evolution of sex chromosomes in Sauropsida

(2008) C. L. Organ et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY