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Z chromosome

The sex chromosome present in both sexes of species in which the female is the heterogametic sex. Two copies of the Z chromosome are present in each… 
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2019
2019
High BrdU Sensitivity of Passeriformes Chromosomes: Conservation of BrdU-Sensitive Fragile Sites on Their Z Chromosomes during Evolution
Amongst 15 bird species, representative of 7 orders, recurrent breakages evocating the presence of fragile sites were detected in… 
2019
2019
Evidence of linked selection on the Z chromosome of hybridizing hummingbirds *
  • C. J. Battey
  • Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 2019
  • Corpus ID: 209426674
Levels of genetic differentiation vary widely along the genomes of recently diverged species. What processes cause this variation… 
2017
2017
Global Dosage Compensation Is Ubiquitous in Lepidoptera, but Counteracted by the Masculinization of the Z Chromosome
Abstract While chromosome-wide dosage compensation of the X chromosome has been found in many species, studies in ZW clades have… 
2016
2016
Patterns of gene flow and selection across multiple species of Acrocephalus warblers: footprints of parallel selection on the Z chromosome
Understanding the mechanisms and selective forces leading to adaptive radiations and origin of biodiversity is a major goal of… 
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Sex Chromosome Dosage Compensation in Heliconius Butterflies: Global yet Still Incomplete?
The evolution of heterogametic sex chromosome is often – but not always – accompanied by the evolution of dosage compensating… 
2011
2011
Factors Causing Sex differences in Birds
In recent years, increasing evidence suggests that sex differences in the phenotype of all tissues are influenced by the… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Sex bias and dosage compensation in the zebra finch versus chicken genomes: general and specialized patterns among birds.
We compared global patterns of gene expression between two bird species, the chicken and zebra finch, with regard to sex bias of… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Nonrandom Representation of Sex-Biased Genes on Chicken Z Chromosome
Several lines of evidence suggest that the X chromosome of various animal species has an unusual complement of genes with sex… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Comparative cytogenetics among sympatric species of Characidium (Pisces, Characiformes). Diversity analysis with the description of a ZW sex chromosome system and natural triploidy
Abstract A comparative cytogenetic analysis was carried out in two sympatric fish species of the genus Characidium, C. gomesi and… 
1993
1993
Identification and localization of two genes on the chicken Z chromosome: implication of evolutionary conservation of the Z chromosome among avian species
A cDNA clone containing an insert of about 3.4 kb, pCIREBP, was isolated from the chicken liver cDNA library and identified as a… 
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