Sex-determination gene and pathway evolution in nematodes

BioEssays

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-231

  Stothard, Paul ^a   Pilgrim, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037338480     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10239     Document Type: Review

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