Directional dominance and a developmental model for the expression of the Tda testis-determining autosomal trait of the mouse

Genome

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 520-527

  Eales, Brenda A ^a   Nahas, Mirna ^a   Biddle, Fred G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autosomal testis determining genes; Developmental model of XY gonadal hermaphroditism; Mouse; Primary sex determination; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUSCULUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CROSS BREEDING; DBA MOUSE; DOMINANT GENE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MODELS, GENETIC; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030160656     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g96-066     Document Type: Article

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