Vive la différence: Males vs Females in Flies vs Worms

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1996, Pages 637-702

  Cline, Thomas W ^a   Meyer, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Dosage compensation; Drosophila melanogaster; Evolution; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; METAZOA;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SWITCHING; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030300044     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.30.1.637     Document Type: Article

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