Inheritance and expression of a sex-linked enzyme in the frog, Rana clamitans
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Biochemical Genetics
- Vol. 21 (5-6) , 435-442
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00484436
Abstract
The pattern of inheritance indicates that the gene for aconitase-1 is sex linked in the frog, Rana clamitans, and that the male is the heterogametic sex. Unlike mammals, both male and female frogs carry and express two alleles for this sex-linked gene. Therefore, the sex chromosomes in these frogs and probably others behave like an autosomal pair, with one homologue carrying a male-determining element.Keywords
This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
- A sex-linked enzyme in birds—Z-chromosome conservation but no dosage compensationNature, 1982
- Linear differentiation of the C-band pattern of the W chromosome in snakes and birdsChromosoma, 1981
- Evidence for heteromorphic sex chromosomes in male amphibians (Anura: Leptodactylidae)Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 1981
- Genetic analysis of developmental arrest in an amphibian hybrid (Rana catesbeiana, Rana clamitans)Developmental Biology, 1981
- Chromosome banding in amphibiaChromosoma, 1980
- Inheritance of enzymes and blood proteins in the leopard frog, Rana pipiens: Three linkage groups establishedBiochemical Genetics, 1980
- Chromosome banding in amphibiaChromosoma, 1980
- A comparative study of the karyotypes of eight Xenopus species and subspecies possessing a 36-chromosome complementCytogenetic and Genome Research, 1977
- Evolutionary conservation of H-Y (‘male’) antigenNature, 1975
- The germ cells of anurans. II. An embryological study of sex differentiation in Rana catesbeianaJournal of Morphology, 1926