Amplification of microsatellite repeat motifs is associated with the evolutionary differentiation and heterochromatinization of sex chromosomes in Sauropsida

Non-Homologous Sex Chromosomes in Two Geckos (Gekkonidae: Gekkota) with Female Heterogamety

(2014) Kazumi Matsubara et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

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

(2014) Kazumi Matsubara et al.   PLoS One

Complex evolutionary trajectories of sex chromosomes across bird taxa

(2014) Q. Zhou et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

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

ANOLISSEX CHROMOSOMES ARE DERIVED FROM A SINGLE ANCESTRAL PAIR

(2013) Tony Gamble et al.   EVOLUTION

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

RNA sequencing reveals sexually dimorphic gene expression before gonadal differentiation in chicken and allows comprehensive annotation of the W-chromosome

(2013) Katie L Ayers et al.   GENOME 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

Identification of avian W-linked contigs by short-read sequencing

(2012) Nancy Chen et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Are some chromosomes particularly good at sex? Insights from amniotes

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

Transitions Between Sex-Determining Systems in Reptiles and Amphibians

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

Microsatellite distribution on sex chromosomes at different stages of heteromorphism and heterochromatinization in two lizard species (Squamata: Eublepharidae: Coleonyx elegans and Lacertidae: Eremias velox)

(2011) Martina Pokorná et al.   BMC GENETICS

The Chromosomal Distribution of Microsatellite Repeats in the Genome of the Wolf Fish Hoplias malabaricus, Focusing on the Sex Chromosomes

(2011) M.B. Cioffi et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

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

(2011) Jessica Alföldi et al.   NATURE

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

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

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

msatcommander: detection of microsatellite repeat arrays and automated, locus-specific primer design

(2007) BRANT C. FAIRCLOTH   Molecular Ecology Resources