Temperature-dependent sex determination in the american alligator: AMH precedes SOX9 expression

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 216, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 411-419

  Western, Patrick S ^a,b   Harry, Jenny L ^c   Graves, Jennifer A Marshall ^b   Sinclair, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Proteome Systems Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alligator; Anti Mullerian hormone; Gonad differentiation; SOX9; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032739889     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0177(199912)216:4/5<411::aid-dvdy9>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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