Sex and death in birds: A model of dosage compensation that predicts lethality of sex chromosome aneuploids

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 278-282

  Graves, J A M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ANEUPLOIDY; AUTOSOME; BIRD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DIPLOIDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE 45,X; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEX CHROMOSOME; TRIPLOIDY; UPREGULATION; X CHROMATIN; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; GENES, LETHAL; MODELS, GENETIC; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0346689083     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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