hermaphrodite and doublesex function both dependently and independently to control various aspects of sexual differentiation in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2641-2651

  Li, Hao ^a   Baker, Bruce S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

doublesex (dsx); Drosophila melanogaster; hermaphrodite (her); Sexual differentiation; Yolk protein (yp)

Indexed keywords

YOLK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANUS; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEM CELL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; VAGINA; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; GENOTYPE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031829109     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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