X-chromosome-counting mechanisms that determine nematode sex

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6638, 1997, Pages 200-204

  Nicoll, Monique ^a   Akerib, Chantal C ^a   Meyer, Barbara J ^a  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HERMAPHRODITISM; LETHAL GENE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEX DETERMINATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, REPORTER; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HERMAPHRODITISM; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MUTATION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANIDAE;

EID: 0030750152     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/40669     Document Type: Article

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