Sex comes in from the cold: The integration of sex and pattern

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 510-516

  Christiansen, Audrey E ^a   Keisman, Eric L ^a   Ahmad, Shaad M ^b   Baker, Bruce S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE INTERACTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENOME ANALYSIS; GROWTH REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENITALIA; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0036804510     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(02)02769-5     Document Type: Review

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