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A chromosomal analysis of the monitor Varanus acanthurus Boulenger has been made using G- and C-banding and silver-staining techniques. This species has two cytotypes, one of which has a pericentric-inversion polymorphism, whereas the other is chromosomally monomorphic. A ZZ/ZW sex-chromosome system is also present in both cytotypes of this species. The banding patterns of these mechanisms are described and their evolution is discussed.
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King, M., Mengden, G.A. & King, D. A pericentric-inversion polymorphism and s ZZ/ZW sex-chromosome system in Varanus acanthurus Boulenger analyzed by G- and C-banding and Ag staining. Genetica 58, 39–45 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00056001
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