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Heteromorphic sex chromosomes in the ninespine stickleback Pungitius pungitius

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JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
Volume 73, Issue 2, Pages 456-462

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01902.x

Keywords

cytogenetics; evolution; freshwater fish; Gasterosteidae; heterogamety; sex determination

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Specimens from two freshwater populations of the ninespine stickleback Pungitius pungitius in Poland showed morphologically differentiated sex chromosomes. A heteromorphic pair of chromosomes appeared only in male diploid cells. The Y chromosome was the largest chromosome in the P. pungitius karyotype. (C) 2008 The Authors Journal compilation (C) 2008 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.

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