Expression of Dmrt1 in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 302-308

  Murdock, C ^a   Wibbels, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DMRT1 GENE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TURTLES;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PISCES; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346058348     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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