Somatic sex-determining signals act on XX germ cells in Drosophila embryos

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4065-4071

  Staab, Susanne ^a   Heller, Astrid ^a   Steinmann Zwicky, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Germline; mgm1; Sex determination; Sex specific marker

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; MALE; OVUM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030478703     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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