The phenotype of mes-2, mes-3, mes-4 and mes-6, maternal-effect genes required for survival of the germline in Caenorhabditis elegans, is sensitive to chromosome dosage

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 167-185

  Garvin, Carol ^a   Holdeman, Richard ^a   Strome, Susan ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENES, HELMINTH; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031906169     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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