Absence of dosage compensation at the transcription level of a sex-linked gene in a female heterogametic insect, Bombyx mori

Heredity

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-283

  Suzuki, Masataka G ^a   Shimada, Toru ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Dosage compensation; Female heterogamety; RAPD; Sex linked gene; Z chromosome

Indexed keywords

GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032169079     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6883560     Document Type: Article

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