Intragenic sex-chromosomal crossover of Xmrk oncogene alleles affect pigment pattern formation and the severity of melanoma in Xiphophorus

Genetics

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 773-783

  Gutbrod, Heidrun ^a   Schartl, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CROSSING OVER; FISH; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 0032955006     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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