Bm kettin, homologue of the Drosophila kettin gene, is located on the Z chromosome in Bombyx mori and is not dosage compensated

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-179

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BM KETTIN; DNA FRAGMENT; HYBRID; MESSENGER RNA; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA; SEX CHROMOSOME; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0033083502     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884570     Document Type: Article

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