Genetic analysis of an intersex allele (ix5) that regulates sexual phenotype of both female and male Drosophila melanogaster

Genetical Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-14

  Acharyya, M ^a   Chatterjee, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SQUASH; STAINING; TESTIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036695809     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672302005694     Document Type: Article

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