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

Strong conservation of the bird Z chromosome in reptilian genomes is revealed by comparative painting despite 275 million years divergence

(2011) Martina Pokorná et al.   CHROMOSOMA

CHROMOSOME NUMBER AND SEX DETERMINATION COEVOLVE IN TURTLES

(2011) Nicole Valenzuela et al.   EVOLUTION

Transitional fossils and the origin of turtles

(2010) T. R. Lyson et al.   Biology Letters

Synteny Conservation of Chicken Macrochromosomes 1–10 in Different Avian Lineages Revealed by Cross-Species Chromosome Painting

(2010) I. Nanda et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

Reptiles and Mammals Have Differentially Retained Long Conserved Noncoding Sequences from the Amniote Ancestor

(2010) D.E. Janes et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Karyotypic evolution in squamate reptiles: comparative gene mapping revealed highly conserved linkage homology between the butterfly lizard (Leiolepis reevesii rubritaeniata, Agamidae, Lacertilia) and the Japanese four-striped rat snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata, Colubridae, Serpentes)

(2009) Kornsorn Srikulnath et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH