Reversion of XO to XY sex chromosome mechanism in a phasmid |
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Authors: | Sally Hughes-Schrader |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Zoology, Columbia University, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary The sex chromosomes of the male phasmid Isagoras schraderi
Rehn comprise an X and a Y, — each with a submedian kinetochore, and one euchromatic and one heterochromatic arm. At meiosis X and Y form an unequal sex bivalent in which the euchromatic arms are terminally associated. Relatively recent reversion from the XO-XX mechanism characteristic of the Phasmidae is indicated by the presence of the euchromatic arm in both X and Y. The diploid number of the male is 34.Unequal autosomal bivalents are found at meiosis in two other species of Isagoras — Isagoras subaquiles
Rehn and Isagoras sp. — and in Pseudophasma menius
Westwood. The chromosome complements of these species are described. |
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