Multiple sex chromosome system in penguins (Pygoscelis, Spheniscidae)

• Published in: Comparative Cytogenetics
• Main Authors: Gunski, Ricardo José, Cañedo, Andrés Delgado, Garnero, Analía Del Valle, Ledesma, Mario Angel, Coria, Nestor, Montalti, Diego, Degrandi, Tiago Marafiga
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017
• Subjects: Research Article; Hombron; Jacquinot; Long Arm; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5646662/; https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i3.13795

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...