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XB-ART-59869
Cytogenet Genome Res 2015 Jan 01;1453-4:315-30. doi: 10.1159/000431388.
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Polyploidy in Amphibia.

Schmid M , Evans BJ , Bogart JP .


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This review summarizes the current status of the known extant genuine polyploid anuran and urodelan species, as well as spontaneously originated and/or experimentally produced amphibian polyploids. The mechanisms by which polyploids can originate, the meiotic pairing configurations, the diploidization processes operating in polyploid genomes, the phenomenon of hybridogenesis, and the relationship between polyploidization and sex chromosome evolution are discussed. The polyploid systems in some important amphibian taxa are described in more detail.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
GO keywords: sex chromosome