Genomic organisation of the neural sex determination gene fruitless (fru) in the Hawaiian species Drosophila silvestris and the conservation of the fru BTB protein-protein-binding domain throughout evolution

Hereditas

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-78

  Davis, Terence ^a,d   Kurihara, Joyce ^a   Yoshino, Erin ^a   Yamamoto, Daisuke ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEX DETERMINATION; TAXONOMY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA MORIWAKII; DROSOPHILA SILVESTRIS; SCAPTOMYZA;

EID: 0034065059     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2000.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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