Expression of the sex determining cascade genes sex-lethal and doublesex in the phorid fly Megaselia scalaris

Genome

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-214

  Sievert, Volker ^a   Kuhn, Sylvia ^a   Traut, Walther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential splicing; Drosophila; RNA binding domain; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; SEX CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MEGASELIA SCALARIS; MELANOGASTER; PHORIDAE;

EID: 0031412456     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g97-030     Document Type: Article

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