Conserved synteny between the chicken Z sex chromosome and human chromosome 9 includes the male regulatory gene DMRT1: A comparative (re)view on avian sex determination

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 67-78

  Nanda, I ^a   Zend Ajusch, E ^b   Shan, Z ^b   Grutzner F ^b   Schartl, M ^a   Burt, D W ^c   Koehler, M ^a   Fowler, V M ^d   Goodwill, G ^e   Schneider, W J ^f   Mizuno, S ^g   Dechant, G ^h   Haaf, T ^b   Schmid, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 9; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SYNTENY;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033916536     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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