Varied expression of a Y-linked P[W+] insert due to imprinting in Drosophila melanogaster

Genome

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 285-292

  Haller, Bethany S ^a   Woodruff, R C ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Heterochromatin; HP1; Imprinting; P element; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HP1 GENE; INHERITANCE; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT; Y CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034127515     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g99-125     Document Type: Article

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