Temperature-dependent expression of turtle Dmrt1 prior to sexual differentiation

Genesis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 174-178

  Kettlewell, Jae R ^a   Raymond, Christopher S ^a   Zarkower, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dmrt1; Reptile; Sex determination; Temperature dependent; Testis, T. scripta; TSD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034071494     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1526-968X(200003)26:3<174::AID-GENE2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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