Male sex determination in the spiny rat Tokudaia osimensis (Rodentia: Muridae) is not Sry dependent

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 590-592

  Soullier, Stéphan ^a   Hanni, Catherine ^b   Catzeflis, François ^c   Berta, Philippe ^a   Laudet, Vincent ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MURIDAE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031949851     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900823     Document Type: Article

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