The male-determining activity on the Y chromosome of the housefly (Musca domestica L.) Consists of separable elements

Genetics

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 651-661

  Hediger, Monika ^a   Minet, Ariane Denise ^b   Niessen, Markus ^a   Schmidt, Regula ^a   Hilfiker Kleiner, Denise ^c   Çakir, Şükran ^d   Nöthiger, Rolf ^a   Dübendorfer, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MALE DETERMINING FACTOR M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GERM LINE; HOUSE FLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SOMATIC CELL; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; HOUSEFLIES; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0031687824     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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