The gene csd is the primary signal for sexual development in the honeybee and encodes an SR-type protein

Cell

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-429

  Beye, Martin ^a   Hasselmann, Martin ^a   Fondrk, M Kim ^b   Page Jr , Robert E ^b   Omholt, Stig W ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SERINE RICH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HAPLOIDY; HEMIZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HONEYBEE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0042027549     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00606-8     Document Type: Article

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