The influence of triploidy on gene expression in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 661-667

  Suzuki, Masataka G ^a,c   Shimada, Toru ^a   Yokoyama, Takeshi ^b   Kobayashi, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Gene dosage compensation; Gene dosage effect; Polyploidy; Triploid silkworm

Indexed keywords

GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; INVERTEBRATE GENETICS; MESSENGER RNA; TRIPLOIDY;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0033026076     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1999.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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