Roles for Mating and Environment in C. elegans Sex Determination

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5647, 2003, Pages 1046-1049

  Prahlad, Veena ^a   Pilgrim, Dave ^b   Goodwin, Elizabeth B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; METABOLITES;

SEX DETERMINATION;

CHROMOSOMES;

CHROMOSOME; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; MATING SUCCESS; SEX DETERMINATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITISM; LARVA; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DETERMINATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSGENES; X CHROMOSOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0242578403     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1087946     Document Type: Article

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