The Staurotypus Turtles and Aves Share the Same Origin of Sex Chromosomes but Evolved Different Types of Heterogametic Sex Determination

Genomic Structures of the kW1 Loci on the Z and W Chromosomes in Ratite Birds: Structural Changes at an Early Stage of W Chromosome Differentiation

(2014) Junko Ishijima et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

A ZZ/ZW microchromosome system in the spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera, reveals an intriguing sex chromosome conservation in Trionychidae

(2013) Daleen Badenhorst et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Molecular cytogenetic map of the central bearded dragon, Pogona vitticeps (Squamata: Agamidae)

(2013) M. J. Young et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Molecular phylogenetics of the mud and musk turtle family Kinosternidae

(2013) John B. Iverson et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The draft genomes of soft-shell turtle and green sea turtle yield insights into the development and evolution of the turtle-specific body plan

(2013) Zhuo Wang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Inference of the Protokaryotypes of Amniotes and Tetrapods and the Evolutionary Processes of Microchromosomes from Comparative Gene Mapping

(2013) Yoshinobu Uno et al.   PLoS One

Are some chromosomes particularly good at sex? Insights from amniotes

(2012) Denis O’Meally et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Extensive Homology of Chicken Macrochromosomes in the Karyotypes of Trachemys scripta elegans and Crocodylus niloticus Revealed by Chromosome Painting despite Long Divergence Times

(2012) F. Kasai et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

The origin and differentiation process of X and Y chromosomes of the black marsh turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis, Geoemydidae, Testudines)

(2011) Taiki Kawagoshi et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

CHROMOSOME NUMBER AND SEX DETERMINATION COEVOLVE IN TURTLES

(2011) Nicole Valenzuela et al.   EVOLUTION

The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals

(2011) Jessica Alföldi et al.   NATURE

Sex Chromosome Evolution in Lizards: Independent Origins and Rapid Transitions

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

The ZW Micro-Sex Chromosomes of the Chinese Soft-Shelled Turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis, Trionychidae, Testudines) Have the Same Origin as Chicken Chromosome 15

(2009) T. Kawagoshi et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

The avian Z-linked gene DMRT1 is required for male sex determination in the chicken

(2009) Craig A. Smith et al.   NATURE

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

The ZW sex chromosomes of Gekko hokouensis (Gekkonidae, Squamata) represent highly conserved homology with those of avian species

(2008) Aya Kawai et al.   CHROMOSOMA

An XX/XY heteromorphic sex chromosome system in the Australian chelid turtle Emydura macquarii: A new piece in the puzzle of sex chromosome evolution in turtles

(2008) Pedro Alonzo Martinez et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Evolution of sex chromosomes in Sauropsida

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

A W-linked DM-domain gene, DM-W, participates in primary ovary development in Xenopus laevis

(2008) S. Yoshimoto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA