The primitive New Zealand frog Leiopelma hochstetteri shows exceptional karyotypic variation. On the North Island, females carry univalent W chromosome and both sexes have 0 to 15 supernumerary chromosomes. Frogs from Great Barrier Island have a conventional 2n = 22 karyotype, with no sex chromosome differentiation in C-banded mitotic chromosomes. However, the lampbrush chromosomes of a Great Barrier Island female show evidence of heterogamety. This suggests that presumed ancestral female heterogamety has persisted on Great Barrier Island and given rise to a WZZ-female/ZZ-male sex chromosome system on the North Island. / A repeated sequence, Lh1, varies greatly within populations in copy number and distribution on genomic EcoRI fragments. In situ hybridization revealed the variable presence of large Lh1 arrays on supernumerary chromosomes and two autosomes. The extensive Lh1 variability implies that, like the supernumeraries, it is more selfish than functional in the L. hochstetteri genome.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.59969 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Zeyl, Clifford |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Biology.) |
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| Relation | alephsysno: 001237020, proquestno: AAIMM67552, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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