XY sex reversal in the wood lemming is associated with deletion of Xp21-23, revealed by chromosome microdissection and fluorescence in situ hybridization

Chromosome Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 379-384

  Liu, Wan Sheng ^a   Eriksson, Leif ^a   Fredga, Karl ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromosome microdissection; Deletion; DOP PCR; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Wood lemming; XY sex reversal

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME DELETION X; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CHROMOSOME XP; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX TRANSFORMATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; MYOPUS SCHISTICOLOR;

EID: 0031774660     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009273205788     Document Type: Article

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