Multiple sex chromosome system in penguins (Pygoscelis, Spheniscidae)

• Published in: Comparative Cytogenetics
• Main Authors: Ricardo José Gunski, Andrés Delgado Cañedo, Analía Del Valle Garnero, Mario Angel Ledesma, Nestor Coria, Diego Montalti, Tiago Marafiga Degrandi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017
• Subjects: Genetics; QH426-470; Hombron; Jacquinot; Long Arm; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i3.13795; https://doaj.org/article/d7b50c18f6c44f4f9caf118e181aee46

Penguins are classified in the order Sphenisciformes into a single family, Spheniscidae. The genus Pygoscelis Wagler, 1832, is composed of three species, Pygoscelis antarcticus Forster, 1781, P. papua Forster, 1781 and P. adeliae Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841. In this work, the objective was to desc...