The evolution of dosage-compensation mechanisms

BioEssays

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1106-1114

  Marn, Ignacio ^a   Siegal, Mark L ^b   Baker, Bruce S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; MAMMAL; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034547524     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-1878(200012)22:12<1106::AID-BIES8>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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