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Sex Determination of the « Pseudo-XO/XX » Type in the Brazilian Lizard Polychrus Sp. (Sauria, Iguanidae)

1971; University of Florence; Volume: 24; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00087114.1971.10796420

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Denise Peccinini, Oswaldo Frota‐Pessoa, Íris Ferrari,

Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

SUMMARYThe karyotype of the Brazilian lizard Polychrus sp showed 2n=20 chromosomes for the female and 2n=19 chromosomes for the male. The meiotic cells of the male in diakinesis and metaphase I showed 8 bivalents and 1 trivalent. In metaphase II there were cells with n=9 chromosomes, and cells with n = 10 chromosomes. The sex determining mechanism was interpreted as belonging to the « pseudo XO/XX » type, which differs from the X1X2Y/X1X1X2X2 type because the Y is morphologically indistinguishable from the X2 chromosome. This is the second occurrence of this case to be described in the vertebrates.