Evolutionary conservation of the gene Cvsox9in the lizard, Calotes versicolor, and its expression during gonadal differentiation

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 250-257

  Choudhary, Bibha ^a   Ganesh, S ^a,b   Raman, Rajiva ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CvSox9; Sex determination; Sox9

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; LIZARD; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIZARDS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; CALOTES; CALOTES VERSICOLOR; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034098478     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050311     Document Type: Article

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