The female-determining gene F of the housefly, Musca domestica, acts maternally to regulate its own zygotic activity

Genetics

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 221-226

  Dübendorfer, Andreas ^a   Hediger, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOUSE FLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HOUSEFLIES; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0031696504     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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