ASW: a gene with conserved avian W-linkage and female specific expression in chick embryonic gonad

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 243-249

  O'Neill, Michael ^a,c   Binder, Michele ^a   Smith, Craig ^a   Andrews, Jane ^a   Reed, Kirsty ^a   Smith, Matthijs ^a   Millar, Craig ^b   Lambert, David ^b   Sinclair, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian W chromosome; Female specific; Gene expression; Gonad development

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GAMETE; GENDER; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATITE; SEX CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; GONADS; HYDROLASES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; PALAEOGNATHAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034053528     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050310     Document Type: Article

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