Microsatellite markers developed for a Swedish population of sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)
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Microchromosome polymorphism in the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758 (Reptilia, Squamata)
Most true lizards (Lacertidae) share a conservative karyotype, consisting of 18 pairs of macrochromosomes and one microchromosome pair. Homeologues of the microchromosome are present in other squamates and even in chickens. No structural autosomal microchromosome polymorphisms have been described previously in lizards. We found homozygous and heterozygous carriers of a microchromosome variant i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Conservation Genetics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1566-0621,1572-9737
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9530-4