The sex determination in Ellobius lutescens remains bizarre

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 146-153

  Just, W ^a   Baumstark, A ^a   Hameister, H ^a   Schreiner, B ^a   Reisert, I ^a   Hakhverdyan, M ^b   Vogel, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GONAD; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; MURIDAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; ELLOBIUS; ELLOBIUS LUTESCENS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MURIDAE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0036053067     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063031     Document Type: Article

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