The mutation masculinizer (man) defines a sex-determining gene with maternal and zygotic functions in Musca domestica L.

Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 173-183

  Schmidt, R ^a   Hediger, M ^a   Nothiger R ^a   Dubendorfer A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; HOUSE FLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HOUSEFLIES; MALE; MUTATION; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TEMPERATURE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0031026032     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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