Multiple sex chromosome system in penguins (Pygoscelis, Spheniscidae)

• Published in: Comparative Cytogenetics
• Main Authors: Gunski, Ricardo José, Delgado Cañedo, Andrés, Del Valle Garnero, Analía, Ledesma, Mario Angel, Coria, Nestor, Montalti, Diego, Degrandi, Tiago Marafiga
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017
• Subjects: Animalia; Chordata; Aves; Sphenisciformes; Spheniscidae; Pygoscelis; karyotype; sex chromosomes; evolution; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: 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...