SRY and sex determination in mammals

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue , 1993, Pages 71-92

  Goodfellow, Peter N ^a   Lovell Badge, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HMG box; male development; sex reversal; transgenic animals; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0027140273     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ge.27.120193.000443     Document Type: Review

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